Subhadra Sen Gupta

Life and career Sen Gupta was born in Delhi. She held a master's degree in history. She began writing in college, working as a copywriter for advertising agencies. is part of a book series, World's Worst, written in the diary format. This series also includes The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook.

She also wrote a book for TERI, Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil. and Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem (about the social life of a harem in the Mughal era). She is also famous for her books A Bagful of History, The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai and The Teenage Diary of Jahanara

Sen Gupta died of COVID-19 on 3 May 2021, at the age of 68, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Awards and accolades Her book, Mystery of the House of Pigeons, was adapted into a six-part television series by Feisal Alkazi as Khoj Khazana Khojher on Doordarshan. Her works were also chosen as part of NCERT textbooks. Three of her books, Twelve O'Clock Ghost Stories, The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai and A Clown for Tenali Rama were included in the annual White Ravens catalogue at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. In 2015, she was awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar by the Sahitya Akademi for her contribution to children's literature in the English language.

Works Stories Goodbye, Pasha Begum! (in The Book of Spooky Ghost Stories) Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer A Mauryan Adventured

Novels Danger in Darjeeling: Satyajit Ray's Feluda Mysteries (2010) A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt Marching to Freedom The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Friend Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil A Children's History of India (2015) The Constitution of India for Children (2020) Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem (2020)