Roopa Pai

Roopa Pai is children's author and journalist in Bangalore. She started writing during her 11th standard, first writing articles for the Deccan Herald. She went on to complete an engineering degree and moved to Delhi after her marriage. There she started writing for the children's magazine Target.

The couple eventually shifted to London, where she wrote articles covering Indian restaurants in London, for the Travel Trends magazine. She was also commissioned by the British Tourism Authority to cover hotels and accommodations for Indian tourists across the UK. The couple eventually moved back to Bangalore. 2017 – So You Want to Know About Economics, published by Roopa Publications India 2017 – Ready!: 99 Must-Have Skills for the World-Conquering Teenager (and Almost-Teenager), published by Hachette India 2018 – Krishna Deva Raya: King of Kings, published by Eicher Goodearth 2019 – The Vedas and Upanishads for Children, published by Hachette India 2019 – From Leeches to Slug Glue: 25 Explosive Ideas That Made (and Are Making) Modern Medicine, published by Penguin Random House India

Awards and recognition 2016 – Won Crossword Award for children's writing for her book The Gita for Children 2017 – Nominated for Femina 2017 women award in the "Literary Contribution" category