Deepa Agarwal is an author, poet and translator, who writes for both children and adults, and has over sixty books published. A frequent contributor to magazines and journals in India and abroad, she has edited and compiled several anthologies as well.
Among many awards, she received the NCERT National Award for Children's Literature in 1993 for her picture book Ashok's New Friends, while her historical fiction Caravan to Tibetwas on the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Honour List 2008. Her work has been translated into several Indian and foreign languages, and five of her books are included in the White Raven catalogue of the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.