Roopa Pai

Roopa Pai
Roopa Pai
Born	Roopa; Bangalore, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Journalist; Children's author;
Notable work	Taranauts
Spouse(s)	Arun Pai

Roopa Pai is an Indian computer engineer, journalist^[2] and children's author living in Bangalore, India. She has over 20 published books which include the India's first fantasy-adventure series for children Taranauts and the national best seller The Gita for Children which also won the 2016 Crossword Award for children's writing.

Biography[]

Roopa was born in a Lingayat family^[3] in Bangalore.^[4]^[5]

She started writing during her 11th standard, first writing articles for the Deccan Herald. She went on to complete her Engineering degree and moved to Delhi after her marriage. Here 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.^[5]

Bibliography[]

2004 – Chanakya: The Master Statesman, published by Roopa Publications India^[5]
2008 – Ticket Bengaluru, published by Stark World India^[5]
2011 – The Quest For The Shyn Emeralds, book 1 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2011 – Riddle of the Lustr Sapphires, book 2 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2012 – The Secret of the Sparkl Amethysts, book 3 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2012 – The Race for the Glo Rubies, book 4 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2012 – The Mystery of the Syntilla Silvers, book 5 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2012 – The Key to Shimr Citrines, book 6 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2012 – The Search for the Glytr Turquoise, book 7 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2013 – The Magic of the Dazl Corals, book 8 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
2014 – What if the Earth Stopped Spinning And 24 Other Mysteries published by Roopa Publications India
2015 – The Gita for Children published by Hachette India^[2]
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 – Book titled The Gita for Children wins Crossword Award for children's writing^[6]
2017 – Nominated for Femina 2017 women award in the category "Literary contribution"^[7]

References[]

^ "Emperaza of cool". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Just Right for Kids". The Indian Express. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ K, Bhumika (31 August 2015). "The Gita in a 21 C avatar". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ Venkatesh, Aarthi (16 May 2017). "'I'd have been a teacher if I hadn't become an author'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Talking the walks |". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "TEDxNMIMSBangalore | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "Catch all the action at the Femina Women Awards 2017 tonight!". femina.in. Retrieved 23 January 2018.