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=Rukshana Smith= It is Rukshana Smith who has written the book I have read, Sumitra’s story. She wrote the book in 1982.

Rukshana was born in Birmingham in 1948, which means that she is 61 years old this year. She has lived most of her life in London, and says herself that she is a Londoner. For several years she has been teaching English as a Foreign Language in north London. Also in Ukraine, Spain, Russia and France. She wants to let people all over the world get to know and learn about a language that has a big influence in world now. She has had lots of different jobs, but now she works as a Mentor for Creative Writing for the British Council.

Rukshana is a person that thinks music is wonderful and she loves to play instruments.She says she doesn’t think she has a hobby, but she loves reading good literature and does some gardening.

Rukshana writes poems, short stories, articles, reviews and novels. Her novels are about what people experiences in real life living exile and as immigrants. Her parents are refugees from Eastern Europe, which helps her writing skills and the books get more credibility.

Some of the books she has written: - Sumitra’s story - Salt on the snow - Rainbows of the Gutter

http://www.artistswithoutfrontiers.com/rsmith/index.html http://magazine.artistswithoutfrontiers.com/articles/0804/index.html Also in the first page of the book