Amitha Jagannath Knight
Publications
About Amitha
Dr. Amitha Jagannath Knight is a writer and poet for all ages and a graduate of MIT and Tufts University School of Medicine. She is also a former social media manager for We Need Diverse Books. Her debut picture book, Usha and the Big Digger, won a 2023 Mathical Book Prize Honor Award.
While her parents were originally from South India, she and her siblings (including her identical twin!) were born in the United States.
Dr. Knight has lived in Texas and Arkansas, and now lives in Massachusetts with her husband, kids, and cats.