Kashmira Sheth

I moved to Ames, Iowa from India when I was a teenager to attend college, and then to Madison, Wisconsin for graduate school.

Here are some jobs I did before becoming a writer:

- Caught corn flea beetles one summer

- Worked in a bakery, where I learned the difference between a hamburger bun and a Kaiser roll

- Worked as a food microbiologist testing milk, cheese, ice cream and other food products for bacterial counts and pathogens

- Ran a dance school and choreographed and performed Indian dances

I started writing my first book, Blue Jasmine, when my daughters completed elementary school. Since that time I have written picture books, middle grade novels, and young adult novels. Currently, I am working on the third book in the NINA SONI book series.