Kavitha Mandana has been writing and illustrating for kids, for the last 23 years. Her books have been published by Puffin (Penguin Random House), Karadi Tales, Red Turtle (Rupa Publications), Speaking Tiger, Pratham and Wisdom Tree.
Her stories, illustrations and cartoons have appeared in the Deccan Herald’s kid supplement, Open Sesame, in the School Edition, and on many digital platforms.
She writes across genres

• YOUNG ADULT NOVELS
‘No 9 on the Shade Card’ about a girl chasing her dreams of winning a sports scholarship, while her family worries about safety and obsesses about her getting tanned.
‘Trapped’ about teen twins Anandita and Arjun, growing up with a secret, the ghost of their ‘triplet’ brother who died at childbirth

• HISTORICAL FICTION
‘The Teenage Diary of Abbakka’ a fictional imagining of one year in the life of Princess Abbakka, from Ullal – who belonged to a long line of warrior queens who defeated...