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Thushanthi Ponweera

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Born

Sri Lanka

Website

https://www.thushanthiponweera.com/

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Genre

Fiction, Children's, Historical Fiction

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Thushanthi Ponweera is an author and poet from Sri Lanka. Before daring to follow her dream of being published, she was a marketing specialist and entrepreneur. Her writing reflects the frustration she feels at the inequality and injustice she sees around her and the deep love she has for her island home. Her debut middle-grade novel in verse I Am Kavi was published in 2023 and her debut picture book My Best Friend's Bangles will be out June 2024. Thushanthi also has another picture book Crossing The Finish Line, scheduled for publication in 2025.

After having lived all her life in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thushanthi recently moved to Doha, Qatar where she lives with her husband and two children. ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 377 ratings · 119 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Am Kavi 4.20 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Best Friend's Bangles by Thushanthi Ponweera (Goodreads Author), Maithili Joshi (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 87 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossing the Finish Line by Thushanthi Ponweera (Goodreads Author), Maithili Joshi (illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I’m so excited to present the gorgeous cover for I AM KAVI by the über talented Australian-Japanese illustrator Emilia Niwa A little bit about this cover’s journey: Once an author sells a book to the publisher, the publisher finds an artist to do the cover. As a debut, I am a firm believer in letting… Continue reading Cover reveal+ fun facts

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How to Talk to Your Dog About Murder: A Mystery

by Emily Soderberg (Goodreads Author)

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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

by Banu Mushtaq

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White Rose

by Kip Wilson (Goodreads Author)

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Quotes by Thushanthi Ponweera (?)

“My sleep was full of wild dreams
in which I was being driven about in
fancy cars, even the es-yoo-vee,
which is what the funny-shaped
enormous one is called.”
― Thushanthi Ponweera, I Am Kavi

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