Meet the author

Nizrana Farook.

Writer · United Kingdom

Nizrana Farook: Sri Lankan-British author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant, The Boy Who Met a Whale and The Girl Who Lost a Leopard (with David Dean on art) — middle-grade adventure novels set in fictionalised Sri Lanka for ages 8–11.

Nizrana Farook is a Sri Lankan-British author best known for her middle-grade adventure novels set in fictionalised versions of her native Sri Lanka, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant, The Boy Who Met a Whale, The Girl Who Lost a Leopard, The Boy Who Saved a Bear, all illustrated by David Dean. Farook's voice is fast, character-driven and morally serious, with strong sense of place and wildlife. Her novels are reliable middle-grade adventure for ages 8–11, with particular value as inclusive adventure fiction beyond the standard British / North American settings. Strong gateway author for animal-and-jungle-adventure fans.