Santhini Govindan is a widely published, award-winning author of children’s literature in English. She has written more than fifty books for children of all ages, and her work includes poetry, picture books, short stories, chapter books and non-fiction.

Santhini has been awarded two Fellowships in Literature from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Culture, Government of India for research projects connected to children’s literature in India. In October 2018, she was awarded a Lok-Sabha Fellowship to write a book to introduce children to the role and function of the Indian parliament.

Santhini Govindan has authored and edited several English language readers that are widely used in schools across India, the Middle East and South East Asia.