Piu DasGupta was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, with an English mother and Indian father. Her Bengali grandmother was a writer and her early childhood was spent surrounded by the sitar and Tagore songs.
Piu’s first literary work was a poem about a great flood in Kolkata that swamped the family’s home, forcing them to camp on the rooftop. In later childhood she moved with her mother and sister to England and studied English at Oxford University, graduating with a First-Class degree, after which she pursued an eclectic career as a lawyer and subsequently a writer.
She now lives in Paris, France with her family, and writes across a wide range of genres including adult and children’s books and poetry.
Piu’s debut, Secrets of the Snakestone, is out with Nosy Crow March 2024.