Nita Berry

Author, editor and freelance journalist, Nita Berry has written short stories, picture and activity books, historical biographies, fiction and non-fiction for children of all ages, winning many awards for her writing, including the Shankar's Medal for Excellence in Writing. She was also part of NCERT's textbook development team that produced English readers for primary classes besides supplementary reading material.

Always fond of spinning a tale, Nita enjoyed writing from her earliest years in school and later at college. Living on a ship in the middle of nowhere as the wife of a master mariner, she wrote regularly for newspapers and magazines (including the iconic children's magazine Target), and created picture books for little readers. Nita also ran a children's centrespread in a weekly magazine and a bimonthly magazine for mariners' families. Currently, she looks after the publications of the Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children in New Delhi, and has represented India at several international conferences and workshops.

A homegrown Delhiwallah, she now lives with her family in Gurugram, but has not cut the cord with the eternal city. She believes that its chequered heritage will always belong to us all.