Nilima Sinha

Nilima Sinha is the President of AWIC (Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children) in Delhi. She is involved in several aspects of writing for children. She is an author of several books herself and has been guiding the development of children's writing in India for many years now. Nilima graduated from Delhi University and began writing adventure and mystery books for children. She went on to write historical fiction, plays and picture books. A good number of her books have received...See more

Nilima Sinha is the President of AWIC (Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children) in Delhi. She is involved in several aspects of writing for children. She is an author of several books herself and has been guiding the development of children's writing in India for many years now. Nilima graduated from Delhi University and began writing adventure and mystery books for children. She went on to write historical fiction, plays and picture books. A good number of her books have received national prizes. Some of her popular books are, Chandipur Jewels, Vanishing Trick at Chandipur, S.O.S from Muniya, Mystery of the Falling Mountains. The book Adventure before Midnight was selected for the White Raven List for libraries internationally. Nilima was selected a member of the NCERT Text-book Development Committee for English text books. At present, as president of AWIC, she is trying to help Indian authors reach a wider readership. She is encouraging the translation, compilation and editing of children's writing from various parts of India. See less