Khyrunnisa A.
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 books in the Butterfingers series are Howzzat Butterfingers! (2010), Goal, Butterfingers! (2012), Clean Bowled, Butterfingers! (2015), The Misadventures of Butterfingers (2016), Run, It's Butterfingers Again! (2017) and Of Course It's Butterfingers! (2018).
Some of her stories, for children and for adults, have been published in various anthologies. A collection, Lost in Ooty and Other Adventure Stories, was brought out in 2010. Her stories appear regularly in Dimdima and she has an ongoing fortnightly column, Inside View, in The Hindu MetroPlus. Khyrunnisa worked as associate professor of English at All Saints' College, Thiruvananthapuram, and is now a full-time writer.
Some of her stories, for children and for adults, have been published in various anthologies. A collection, Lost in Ooty and Other Adventure Stories, was brought out in 2010. Her stories appear regularly in Dimdima and she has an ongoing fortnightly column, Inside View, in The Hindu MetroPlus. Khyrunnisa worked as associate professor of English at All Saints' College, Thiruvananthapuram, and is now a full-time writer.
