Children’s fiction
Khyrunnisa A. is an award-winning writer of children’s fiction who created the popular comic character Butterfingers and authored the hilarious Butterfingers series of books. The latest, Smash It, Butterfingers! a badminton-based novel, is the seventh in the series. Tongue in Cheek: The Funny Side of Life is her first book for adults. She has written two collections of delightful animal stories, The Lizard of Oz and Other Stories and The Crocodile Who Ate Butter Chicken for Breakfast and Other Stories and a short novel, Baby and Dubdub. She is a full-time writer and lives in Thiruvananthapuram.
Visit her at www.khyrunnisa.com and connect with her at khyrubutter@gmail.com.
“There are 7 Butter Fingers books. You can imagine the general Ideas behind titles. The whole series has a specific topic related to Butter Fingers. One character Arjuna very free boy who doesn’t care about anything. Characters are very peculiar. One character, Thomas, always ask questions. I have the idea of writing a book on cricket with all the boys. Girls might protest why there are only boys. In another book, I brought some girls working in and out. Characters in the book are funny, and they create humour. Children need to be humorous to share the load of homework. Humour is all about living truly; that’s why humour is an important part of the book. The first Butter Figure book is important, and every book is self-content. You can pick any book and read there won’t be an issue unlike Harry Potter, where to understand the story, it is important to read from the first book. All the characters are introduced very sophisticatedly.”