Chitra Soundar

Chitra Soundar is an internationally published, award-winning author of children’s books, writer of kids TV, audio and theatre. She is also the co-founder of Colourful Connections, a collective for PoC in UK Kids Media and the co-founder of SAIL Fest, UK’s first South Asian Literature Festival. Her books have been nominated and shortlisted for multiple awards in the UK and US including the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration, Surrey Children’s Book Award and Inclusive Book Awards.

Her TV recent credits include Music Time for Netflix, Grandma Mei Stories for Audible and writing on shows that will be broadcast in 2025. Her young fiction series Nikhil and Jay is currently in production as a 52 x 11 2d animated series for CBeebies and Chitra has written multiple episodes on the show and serves as one of the executive producers. Find out more at www.chitrasoundar.com