Zenia Wadhwani

Some FUN Facts:​

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• My first name is Greek in origin and means 'hospitable'. My parents found it in a baby book.

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• I suck at sports. 

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• I have a fun and mischievious cockapoo named Ziggy and a lovely, but sometimes grumpy feline, named Nimboo. 

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• There are some vegetables I just refuse to eat; they include: bitter melon, lotus root and gourds of almost any kind. No thank you!

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• My daughter came up with one of the lines in my second book and the title of my third book! Stay tuned for more info on both coming soon!

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Zenia Wadhwani is the author of 'Twas the Night Before Diwali, a South Asian rendition of a familiar holiday poem, and the creator of a new character to the much celebrated festival of Diwali, the mithai monster! Though she denies having a sweet tooth, the character of this story was inspired by a big tray of Indian sweets, and truth be told, she never refuses her Aunty Neelam's heavenly besan burfi. 

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For decades, Zenia's been an avid reader, an advocate for literacy and a promoter of emerging writers (check out her previous anthologies), but it took the pandemic and a looming milestone birthday to unleash her first children's story. Her stories are often inspired by her daughter.

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Zenia lives in Toronto and currently works in the realm of corporate citizenship, where she advocates for investment in communities, environmental stewardship and greater diversity and inclusion. 

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Her next book is set to come out in 2023 by Tundra Books, a division of Penguin Random House Canada.