Payal Kapadia
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Payal Kapadia | |
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Born | 1975 Mumbai, India |
Occupation | Writer, Journalist |
Alma mater | Medill School of Journalism, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai |
Genre | Children's literature |
Notable awards | 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature)[1] |
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Payal Kapadia is an author of Children's books. She is the recipient of the 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Wisha Wozzariter.
Biography[]
Payal Kapadia was born in 1975 in Mumbai, India. She studied English literature at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and received a M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. She has worked as a journalist with Outlook in Bombay and as an Editor with The Japan Times in Tokyo.[2][3]
Awards[]
- 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Wisha Wozzariter[1]
Publications[]
Young Readers[]
- Horrid High, Penguin India (2014), ISBN 978-0143333173
- Puffin Lives: B. R. Ambedkar, Saviour of the Masses, Penguin India (2014), ISBN 978-0143332282
- Wisha Wozzariter, Penguin India (2012), ISBN 978-0143332114
- Untold Tales from The Jungle Book: Col Hathi Loses his Brigade, The Walt Disney Company (2010), ISBN 978-9380594408
Interviews[]
- "I Write In Confusion And Crisis" – Businessworld, 23 May 2012
- The Hindu 23 May 2012
- Live interview at Bookaroo 2012
- F-Page - Payal Kapadia 2015
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Payal Kapadia, official website
- Payal Kapadia at Goodreads
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Indian women children's writers
- Indian children's writers
- Indian women novelists
- Medill School of Journalism alumni
- St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni
- Living people
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian novelists
- Writers from Mumbai
- Women writers from Maharashtra
- Novelists from Maharashtra