Supriya Kelkar

Supriya is an author, illustrator, and screenwriter who grew up in the Midwest, where she learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week. Winner of the *New Visions Award* for her middle grade novel ***Ahimsa***, (Tu Books, 2017), Supriya has worked on the writing teams for several Hindi films, including “Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Eklavya: The Royal Guard”, India’s entry into the 2007 Academy Awards. Supriya’s books include ***Ahimsa***, ***The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh*** (Sterling, 2019, illustrated by [Alea Marley](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL7944859A/)), ***American As Paneer Pie***, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2020, (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2020), and more! She is the illustrator of [Jyoti Rajan Gopal](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL10012071A)’s ***American Desi*** (Little Brown 2022). ()