Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal writes for both

children and adults and has over 50 books published. A frequent

contributor to magazines and journals in India and abroad, she

has edited and compiled several anthologies as well. Among

many awards, she received the NCERT National Award for

Children's Literature in 1993 for her picture book Ashok's

New Friends, while her historical fiction Caravan to Tibet was

on the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People)

Honour List 2008. Her work has been translated into several

Indian and foreign languages, and five of her books have been

included in the White Raven catalogue of the International

Youth Library in Munich, Germany. Deepa has also received

fellowships from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India,

and the Austrian government to research children's literature,

and has presented papers at many seminars and conferences

both in India and abroad. She is active in reading promotion

and is a resource person for several organizations, conducting

creative writing workshops and storytelling sessions in schools.