An award-winning writer of children’s fiction, authored the hilarious Butterfingers series of books for older children. Her other books include The Lizard of Oz and Other Stories
and The Crocodile Who Ate Butter Chicken for Breakfast and Other Stories, and a short novel, Baby and Dubdub. Her two books for adults are the best-selling Tongue in Cheek:
The Funny Side of Life, and the humorous travelogue, Chuckle Merry Spin: Us in the U.S. She lives in Thiruvananthapuram.