Pratima Mitchell
| Titles: | Bamba Beach, Indian Mutiny, Indian Summer, Petar's Song |
| Category: | Children's |
| Agent: | Alice Williams |
| Georgina Ruffhead |
Pratima Mitchell was born in India and went to universities in Delhi, London and the United States.
She comes from a family of writers and was first published at the age of eleven. She has worked as a journalist, editor, waitress, school teacher and teacher of English. She travels to India several times a year. Her base is Oxford where she digs an allotment, rides her bike and writes in her garden shed. Music is very important to her and so are books and friendship. She has one daughter who is a concert violinist.
Pratima has written over 22 books, the most recent of which include a picture book, Petar's Song, illustrated by Caroline Binch, and Indian Mutiny for the My Story series of historical diaries written by fictional characters. Her latest novel for teens, Indian Summer was published by Walker Books in 2009.
