Roopa Pai is children's author and journalist 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 in Bangalore.
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.
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