Uma Krishnaswami
Uma Krishnaswami, award-winning author of Book Uncle and Me, writes acclaimed children’s books that blend heart, imagination, and social awareness.on Nov 08, 2025
Uma Krishnaswami was born in Delhi and now lives in British Columbia, Canada. Her numerous publications include picture books, middle grade novels, early readers, poetry, and nonfiction. Birds on the Brain is a sequel to Book Uncle and Me, winner of the Scholastic Asian Book Award, the Crossword Award, and the International Literacy Association’s Social Justice Literature Award. Uma has been nominated twice for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She is faculty emerita, Writing for Children and Young Adults, Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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