Novelist
Jasbinder Bilan is a children’s author of numerous magical realist middle-grade novels. Her debut Asha and the Spirit Bird (2019) won the Costa children’s book award 2019. Her writing is inspired by her family roots in India and explores themes of friendship, family and hope. They include Tamarind and the Star of Ishta (2020) and Aarti and the Blue Gods (2021) which explores connections between Eastern and Western mythologies. Her first non-fiction book for children India Incredible India was published in 2022. She has been commissioned to write the text for the new Museum of London exhibition exploring London’s pre-history.