Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor–winning The Night Diary and the companion novel, Amil and the After, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is also the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist; and How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the New York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA Program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Find out more at www.veerahiranandani.com and follow Veera on Instagram @veerawrites!
