Mitali Perkins

Mitali Bose Perkins is an Indian American writer of children's and young adult literature.

Mitali Bose Perkins
Occupation	Writer
Education	Stanford University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MPP)
Genre	children's and young adult literature
Website
mitaliperkins.com

Early life

Mitali was born in Kolkata, India and moved to the United States when she was seven.^[1] As a child she lived in India, Ghana, Cameroon, London, New York City, and Mexico City.^[2]

Education

Mitali Perkins earned a BA in Political Science at Stanford University and a Masters of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.^[3]

Career

Perkins has taught middle school, high school, and college students.^[2] Perkins was an Adjunct Associate Professor at Saint Mary’s College of California.^[2] A film based on Perkins book, Rickshaw Girl, was produced in 2021. It was directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury.^[4]

Published works

• The Not So Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (1993)
• Monsoon Summer (2004)
• Rickshaw Girl (2007)^[5]
• Secret Keeper (2009)
• Bamboo People (2010)^[6]
• Tiger Boy (2015)
• You Bring the Distant Near (2017)^[7]
• Forward Me Back to You (2019)^[8]
• Between Us and Abuela (2019)^[9]
• Home Is in Between (2021)
• Steeped in Stories (2021 - non-fiction)

fiction)

• Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week (WaterBrook; 2022)
• Hope in the Valley (2023)
• Holy Night and Little Star: A Story for Christmas (WaterBrook; 2023)

Awards and recognition

• 2008 Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Rickshaw Girl^[10]
• 2011 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for Bamboo People^[11]
• 2016 South Asia Book Award for Tiger Boy.^[12]
• 2017 National Book Award Young People's Literature Longlist for You Bring the Distant Near^[13]
• 2018 Walter Honor Book, Teen Category for You Bring the Distant Near^[14]
• 2020 Rise, A Feminist Book Project recommended book, Forward Me Back to You^[15]
• 2020 Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature for Between Us and Abuela^[16]

References

1. Coughlan, Marjorie (2015-04-02). "Interview: Author Mitali Perkins ~". Retrieved 2022-09-24.
2. "Author Mitali Perkins". Charlesbridge. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
3. "Mitali Perkins › Antioch University". 2021-12-06. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
4. "'Rickshaw Girl' to premiere in New York on May 5. - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
5. "Mitali Perkins: Rickshaw Girl - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
6. "Perkins, Mitali: BAMBOO PEOPLE - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
7. "Perkins, Mitali: YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
8. "Perkins, Mitali: FORWARD ME BACK TO YOU - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
9. "Between Us and Abuela". Macmillan. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
10. "All Books | Jane Addams Children's Book Award | JAPA". Jane Addams Peace Association. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
11. admin (2010-12-27). "2011 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
12. "Past Awards – South Asia Book Award". southasiabookaward.wisc.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
13. "Mitali Perkins". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
14. "The Walter Awards > Past Winners and Honorees". We Need Diverse Books. 2021-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
15. "2020 RISE: A FEMINIST BOOK PROJECT COMMITTEE INTRODUCES NEW NAME AND TOP TEN FEMINIST BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS. - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
16. "Award Winners @ CLASP, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs". claspprograms.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

External links

• Official website