A Khyrunnisa

Khyrunnisa A., prize-winning author of children’s fiction, loves reading, writing and children. She created the popular comic character Butterfingers for the children’s magazine, Tinkle. Her three previous novels in the Butterfingers series are Howzzat Butterfingers! (2010), Goal, Butterfingers! (2012) and Clean Bowled, Butterfingers! (2015). This collection includes stories that have appeared in Tinkle in comic-strip form.
Some of her stories, for children and for adults, have been published in various anthologies by Puffin, Children’s Book Trust and Unisun Publications. A collection, Lost in Ooty and Other Adventure stories, was brought out by Unisun Publications in 2010. Her stories appear regularly in Dimdima and she has an ongoing fortnightly column, ‘Inside View’, in The Hindu Metroplus.
She worked as Associate Professor of English at All Saints’ College, Trivandrum, and is now a full-time writer. Visit her at www.khyrunnisa.com and connect with her at khyrubutter@gmail.com.