Padma Venkatraman

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born

Chennai, India

gender

female

website

http://www.cliofindia.com/padma/

genre

Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

influences

India

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Padma Venkatraman was born in Chennai, India. When she was young she took a liking toward mathematics, science, and literature. Because she loved numbers, and words, she decided to move to the U.S. and study oceanography.
Padma has had various jobs in oceanography from being the head chief and living in Germany, to a post doctoral researcher at the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She also worked on being a director, teacher for math and science. She then decided to pursue a career in writing, her first love. Padma currently lives in Rhode Island, with her family.

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Padma Venkatraman's Books

Average rating: 3.80 · 1,581 ratings · 411 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Climbing the Stairs 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,411 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island's End 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Stars: The Story of Caroline Herschel 2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Mathematicians 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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