Ashwitha Jayakumar - Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF)

Bio

Ashwitha Jayakumar has loved stories all her life, especially ones set in different times and worlds. Born in Chennai, she studied English literature and medieval studies at the universities of Edinburgh and Leeds in the United Kingdom. She is the author of the bestselling My Little Book of… series on Indian gods and goddesses for emerging readers, as well as The Book of Emperors: An Illustrated History of the Mughals, a work of narrative nonfiction for readers of all ages.