About

The Shorter Version

Anitha Rao-Robinson is a children’s author. Her debut picture book, A Family For Faru, was released in 2020. She has also written a young adult trilogy. Broken Worlds,  was published in 2014, followed by Broken Promises (2017) and Broken Dreams (2019). Anitha graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, with a Bachelor of Commerce, and then went on to become a Chartered Accountant. Accounting satisfies her strange attraction to numbers and organization, while writing allows her imagination to soar! She lives on a farm in Ontario with her husband, two children, and their many wonderful animals. Anitha is represented by Tanusri Prasanna.

The Longer Version

Anitha was born in Toronto, Ontario and lived there until she was seven, when her family moved to a nearby suburb.

The greatest gift her parents gave her was instilling a love for all animals. Just before she turned six, a beautiful persian cat joined her family.

And since then, animals have always been a part of her life—dogs, cats, horses (there was even an incident with a squirrel coming inside one day to feast on some nuts).

Anitha now lives in the country with her family which includes many wonderful animals. She is grateful her husband reacts like this (excited and happy) whenever she finds another four-legged friend to take in.

Which he did when Poppy, Roo & Koli joined their family!

One of Anitha’s greatest joys is seeing her children share her love of animals. It’s no wonder that her daughter plans to turn their country property into an animal sanctuary one day.

As far back as she can remember, Anitha also loved writing. Short stories, poems, and now novels. A highlight was when her son took one of her poems, transformed it into a song, and performed it!

Though she became a Chartered Accountant, she has given up numbers to spend more time writing stories for children about animals and the environment. Anitha loves creating stories where readers step inside the paws of endangered animals, so they can see, feel, and touch the world as these animals do.