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Poile Sengupta has written several books for children. Her published works include The Exquisite Balance, The Way to My Friend’s House, Story of the Road, How the Path Grew (CBT), Waterflowers (Scholastic), Role Call and Role Call Again (Rupa). Her stories have appeared in various anthologies like The Puffin Treasury of Modern Indian Stories, Sorry, Best Friend and One World (Tulika), and The Best of Target. Her column, ‘A Letter to You’, ran in Children’s World for nearly three decades.

Poile is also a playwright. She has written several plays for adults of which Mangalam has been published by Seagull Books, Calcutta. She has also written one full length and a number of short plays for children.

She is a teacher at school and college level and a well-known theatre person in Bangalore, which is her home. She has recently moved to Delhi to be with her husband who is a senior civil servant.

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