Thrity Umrigar
A journalist for seventeen years, Thrity Umrigar has written for the Washington Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and other national newspapers, and contributes regularly to the Boston Globe's book pages. She teaches creative writing and literature at Case Western Reserve University. The author of The Space Between Us, Bombay Time, and the memoir First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood, she was a winner of the Nieman Fellowship to Harvard University. She has a Ph.D. in English and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
"One of the families that came to see our author purchased the book, When I Carried You in My Belly. Her mom told me last Friday that she heard her daughter reading the book and asking her brother the same questions that Thrity asked the kids when she was here. This little girl has memorized the book and remembers what the author said to them. So often we get caught up in numbers in attendance but truly one little girl impacted by this author is an example of real success of an event. She will always remember Thrity's visit to the library."
-- Barb De Young, Youth Librarian, Byron Township Library
For more about Thrity and her works, go to http://www.umrigar.com/
