Shabnam Minwalla

Shabnam Minwalla writes for newspapers, plays mother to three teenagers, shops for saris and gobbles murder mysteries by the bookshelf. But her absolutely, totally, completely favourite activity is writing books for children.

Her popular books for children and young adults include The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street, What Maya Saw, the laugh-a-minute Nimmi series and the shiver-inducing Saira Zariwala Is Afraid.

Shabnam has been a speaker at the Jaipur Lit Fest and has conducted workshops and book readings at Bookaroo, the Kala Ghoda Festival, the Tata Lit Live Festival and lit fests around the country.