Neela Vaswani

Neela Vaswani is an American writer of Indian heritage. She was born in 1974 in Port Jefferson, New York, and received degrees from Skidmore College, Vermont College, and the University of Maryland. She narrated the audio version of I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, and won a Grammy for this in 2015. She is married to actor Holter Graham and lives in New York City. She is the founder of the Storylines Project, which she did with the New York Public Library.

Books

Same Sun Here, co-authored with Silas House Where the Long Grass Bends This is my Eye You Have Given Me a Country

Maryn Wheeler of Brigham Young University wrote: "Vaswani easily captures the intricacy of perspectives in this vivid yet simple picture book. The first-person point of view draws the reader in and challenges them to see what she sees."

Kirkus Reviews wrote: "While readers may be prompted to wonder how a photo series taken by an actual child photographer might have differed, Vaswani’s debut picture book is an elegant and playful look at perspective, photography, and a familiar (to many) cityscape."