Roopa Pai is an Indian computer engineer, journalist and
children's author living in Bangalore, India. She has over 20 published books
which include the India's first fantasy-adventure series for children Taranauts
and the national bestseller The Gita for Children which also won the 2016
Crossword Award for children's writing.
Pai was born in a Lingayat family in Bangalore.She started
writing during her 11th standard, first writing articles for the Deccan Herald.
She went on to complete her Engineering degree and moved to Delhi after her
marriage. Here she started writing for the children's magazine Target. The
couple eventually shifted to London where she wrote articles covering Indian
restaurants in London, for the Travel Trends magazine. She was also
commissioned by the British Tourism Authority to cover hotels and
accommodations for Indian tourists across the UK. The couple eventually moved
back to Bangalore.