Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Mitu Malhotra!
Mitu Malhotra holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been recognized as a Lee & Low New Visions Award finalist, winner of the Katherine Paterson Prize for Literature, and with scholarships from Boyds Mills/Highlights Foundation, Tin House, and a Djerassi Program writing residency. Her short story “Toxins” is part of ELA curriculum and her writing has appeared in Hunger Mountain, Thin Air Magazine and elsewhere.
In previous avatars, Mitu was a textile and fashion designer, and has taught in India, the Middle East and the US. Mitu is an active member of CBIG (Children’s Book Illustrators Group, NYC) and SCBWI, New Jersey. She currently interns with Cynthia Leitich Smith and contributes author and illustrator interviews to the Cynsations blog and reviews books for Kirkus Reviews.
When not writing or drawing, Mitu can be found cooking, upcycling clothes and sewing memory kimonos or building miniature doll houses from salvaged materials.
Website: www.mitumalhotra.com
Mitu Malhotra is represented by Rachel Letofsky.
Welcome, Mitu!