Kashmira Sheth was born and raised in India and came to the United States to attend college. After receiving her BS from the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and MS in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she worked for the Wisconsin Agriculture Department for 15 years.
About twelve years ago she started writing children’s books. She has published four novels (Hyperion, Harpercollins) and two picture books (Peachtree). Her first novel, Blue Jasmine, won the Paul Zindel First Novel Award. Her young adult novel, Keeping Corner is listed as a Best Book for the Young Adult (BBYA, 2009) and was also named as one of the top ten historical fictions of 2008 by Booklist. Her latest novel, Boys Without Names, was published (HarperCollins) in January 2010. It is a story about a boy in contemporary India who is kidnapped and forced to work in a sweatshop.
Her picture books, My Dadima Wears a Sari and Monsoon Afternoon have been selected as Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. She currently have two more picture books under contract.
Kashmira Sheth has done several school visits in Wisconsin and in other states for preschool, K-12, and university students. She enjoys working with teachers and other organizers and make her presentation fit their needs.