Zai whitaker biography for kids

Personal

Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; daughter of Zafar and Laeeq Futehali; married Rom Whitaker (a naturalist), 1974; children: two sons.

Addresses

Home—India.

Career

Educator, naturalist, and writer.

Chennai Snake Park and Crocodile Bank, Chennai, India, founder with husband, Romulus Whitaker; teacher at Abacus Montessori School, Chennai, and Kodai International School; Outreach School, Bangalore, India, principal. Consultant on wildlife preservation issues.

Writings

Up the Ghat (novel), Affiliated East-West Press (New Delhi, India), 1992.

Andamans Boy, illustrated by Ashok Rajagopalian, Tulika (Chennai, India), 1998.

(With husband, Rom Whitaker) Crocodile Fever: Wildlife Adventures in Guinea, photographs by Rom Whitaker, Orient Longman (Hyderabad, India), 1998.

Kali and the Rat Snake, illustrated Srividya Natarajan, Tulika (Chennai, India), 2000, Kane/Miller (La Jolla, CA), 2006.

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