Mitali Perkins

Mitali Perkins writes novels for young people, including You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for the National Book Award) Rickshaw Girl (NYPL best 100 Book for children in the past 100 years), Bamboo People (ALA Top 10 YA novel), and Tiger Boy (South Asia Book Award winner.) Her newest is THE GOLDEN NECKLACE: A DARJEELING TEA MYSTERY, a novel for young readers from Charlesbridge, and JUST FICTION: A GUIDE FOR COMPASSIONATE CREATIVES, a nonfiction book for adults, published by Broadleaf. She currently writes and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.