Veera Hiranandani, author portrait
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Veera Hiranandani

Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor–winning The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist, and How to Find What You're Not Looking For, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the New York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA Program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Many Things At Once
The Greatest
Amil and the After
How to Find What You're Not Looking For
Cooking Club Chaos! #4
Lunch Will Never Be the Same! #1
Farm Fresh Fun #2
A Passport to Pastries! #3
The Night Diary
The Whole Story of Half a Girl

Books

Many Things At Once
The Greatest
Amil and the After
Hope Wins
How to Find What You're Not Looking For
Cooking Club Chaos! #4
Lunch Will Never Be the Same! #1
Farm Fresh Fun #2
A Passport to Pastries! #3
The Night Diary
The Whole Story of Half a Girl

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