Lakshmi Thamizhmani

CBA Grad and SCBWI member, Lakshmi Thamizhmani divides her time between her corporate tech job, daydreaming, and writing. After moving from India to the United States, she initially wrote for newspapers but discovered a passion for creative writing instead. Lakshmi now writes beautiful, lesser-known stories of immigrant experiences to bridge cultures and transport children to new worlds to learn and celebrate diversity. She lives in California with her husband and two daughters.

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