Padma Venkatraman
Biography
Padma Venkatraman is an oceanographer by training and a writer by choice. She is the author of four acclaimed novels, The Bridge Home, A Time To Dance, Island's End, and Climbing the Stairs, which have received multiple starred reviews and appeared on numerous best books lists including ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, CCBC, New York Public Library Top 25, IndieNext, Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and many others. Her books have won honors and awards including the Paterson Prize, Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Award, RI Book of the Year, and the South Asia Book Award. Padma was born in India and received her Ph.D. in oceanography from The College of William and Mary.
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