Survivors: Uma Krishnaswami on Thriving as a Long-Time, Actively Publishing Children's Author

Learn more about Uma Krishnaswami.By Cynthia Leitich Smith
for Cynsations

In children's-YA writing, maintaining an active publishing career is arguably an even bigger challenge than breaking into the field.

Reflecting on your personal journey, what bumps did you encounter and how have you managed to defy the odds to achieve continued success? 

I was a writer before I knew it.

When I was a child growing up in India, I read just about all the time and in between books, I'd dash off stories and...