All About Padma Venkatraman!

Padma Venkatraman was born in Chennai India. She loved literature and the sciences, thus creating trouble choosing a career path. At the young age of 19 she moved to the U.S and got a degree in oceanography. After working at a science instituition in Germany and doing reserarch at the Writing School of Engineering at John Hopkins University, she decided to pursue her true love: writing. Climbing the Stairs is her first novel and she's also recently writtin another book, Islands End. She currently lives in Rhode Island and continuing her oceanography work.

To learn more about Padma Venkatraman and her other books, visit her official website:

http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/aifolder/aipages/ai_v/venkatra.html