Shamini Flint began her career in law in Malaysia and also worked at an international law firm in Singapore. She traveled extensively around Asia for her work, before resigning to be a stay-at-home mum, writer, part-time lecturer and environmental activist, all in an effort to make up for her ‘evil’ past as a corporate lawyer!
Her Inspector Singh novels are published by Little, Brown and have been translated into numerous languages. Titles include Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder, Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul (to be launched at Ubud 2009) and Inspector Singh Investigates: A Singapore School of Villainy (Feb 2010). “It’s impossible not to warm to the portly, sweating, dishevelled, wheezing Inspector Singh …” – The Guardian.
Shamini also writes children’s books with cultural and environmental themes including The Seeds of Time, an environmental fantasy and Ten, a tale of growing up and football (which has been selected to be used as part of the Singapore Ministry of Education’s STELLAR programme.)
Her Sasha travel series (the Rough Guide for the under-6s!) series of children’s picture books have been enjoyed by armchair travellers all over Asia. Other popular picture books include Jungle Blues and Turtle takes a Trip, which feature endangered Asian species and delightful rhyming text. Part of the proceeds from sale of the environmental titles is donated to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Her latest picture book, in collaboration with award-winning Australian illustrator, Craig Smith, is Three Stars.
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