Veera Hiranandani

Veera Hiranandani is an American writer of children's books. Her 2018 novel, The Night Diary, received a Newbery Honor in 2019. She attended George Washington University, and later studied fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Her first book, The Whole Story of Half a Girl, was published in 2012. It would become a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asian Book Award Finalist