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Mahtab Narsimhan, Stardust Stories

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Mahtab
Last Name
Narsimhan
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Stardust Stories
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British Columbia
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Mahtab Narsimhan is an award-winning author with numerous acclaimed books in the fantasy, horror, mystery, and contemporary genres. Many of her books have landed on prestigious book lists and The Third Eye won the Silver Birch Fiction Award. She is inspired by the desire to make sense of the world through stories and is deeply committed to representing diversity in her books. Please visit www.mahtabnarsimhan.com for more information.
Available For
Readings/Presentations
Writing Workshops
Virtual Visits
School Visits
Yes, currently doing virtual visits.
Mahtab’s virtual presentations are tailored to the age of her audience and peppered with personal anecdotes about the challenges she faces as a writer. She likes to conduct a fun and interactive session with her audience and invites participation by the students via thoughtful questions.
Her books include a strong element of her Indian roots, and she encourages discussions and questions about her culture as well as diversity in children’s literature.
Mahtab immigrated to Canada in 1997 and she shares the struggles she faced while trying to fit in and the steps she took to overcome those challenges.
She will also share the inspiration for her stories, her writing process, and tips to improve your writing.
She is comfortable with Zoom or Skype but is happy to work with the School’s or Library’s preferred technology platform.
Publications
Ghost Queen
Orca, February, 2025

Today I Am (Anthology)
Scholastic, August 2024

The Boy and the Banyan Tree
Scholastic Canada, October 2023

Careful What You Wish For
Orca Book Publishers, August 2022

Vive Le Poulet (Embrace the Chicken in French)
Orca Book Publishers, August 2022

Possessed : The Ouija Board
Stardust Stories, June 2022

Haunted : The Cursed Lake
Stardust Stories, March 2022

Warned : The Astrologer's Prophecy
Stardust Stories, Feb. 2022

Project Bollywood
Orca Book Publishers, April 2022

Valley of the Rats
DCB Young Readers, Sept. 2021

Genie Meanie,
Orca Book Publishers, Feb. 2021

Embrace The Chicken
Orca Book Publishers, Nov. 2020

You And Me Both
Owlkids Books. April 2020

Mission Mumbai
Scholastic US & Canada, Spring 2016

Looking For Lord Ganesh
Lantana Publishing, UK, Spring 2016

My Best Friend...Not!
Pearson Canada, 2015

The Deadly Conch
Dundurn Press, 2011

The Tiffin
Dancing Cat Books, 2011

The Silver Anklet
Dundurn Press, 2009

The Third Eye
Dundurn Press, 2007
Awards
The Third Eye

• Winner of the Silver Birch Fiction Award, 2009
• Recommended Read - Canadian Children’s Book Magazine

The Tiffin

• Quill & Quire named it one of the Top Five Books for Young People in 2011
• Included in the Ontario Library Association’s Best Bets List for 2012
• Nominated for Children’s Book of The Year Award 2012 by the Canadian Library Association.
• Nominated for the Ontario Library Association Red Maple Fiction Award 2013
• Nominated for Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award for 2013 (MYRCA)
• Nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award 2013 (SYRCA)


Mission Mumbai

• Recommended – Kirkus Reviews, Dec 2015
• Recommended by CCBC 2016
• 5 must read books – CBC Books 2016
• Recommended – CM Magazine 2016
• Panda Book Awards Shortlist, China – 2017

Embrace The Chicken

• Highly Recommended – CM Magazine – Issue 21/Feb 8, 2019
• Short-listed - Chocolate Lily Book Awards – 2021
• Recommended – CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens – 2019

Valley of the Rats

• CBC Kids and YA Halloween Books List – 2021
• CBC Best Canadian MG/YA Books of 2021
• Short-listed - Chocolate Lily Book Awards – 2022
• Forest of Reading Kid Committee Summer Reading List 2022


Project Bollywood

• School Library Journal List for Reluctant Readers: Engaging Kids with Humor, Great Graohics and Spot-On Subject Matter


Careful What You Wish For

• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard - 2022

Ghost Queen

• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard - 2024
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SCBWI
CCBC
The Writer's Union, Canada

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