UMA KRISHNASWAMI was born in India and now lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Her other publications include Two at the Top, illustrated by Christopher Corr; Book Uncle and Me, illustrated by Julianna Swaney, winner of the ILA Social Justice Literature Award; and The Girl of the Wish Garden, illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi. She has been nominated twice for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Uma is faculty emerita in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
UMA KRISHNASWAMY divides her time between illustrating picture books and teaching art and design aesthetics to young adults. She has illustrated many books, including A Dollop of Ghee and a Pot of Wisdom by Chitra Soundar, Dancing on Walls by Shamim Padamsee and The Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse by Zai Whitaker.
She enjoys mixing styles of art from all over the world, but her main inspiration comes from India's rich arts and crafts tradition. She lives in Chennai, India.