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Padma Edirisinghe is a Sri Lankan who has earned a name for creative writing in English at both National and International levels. A former Director of Teacher Education, she simultaneously held the prestigious post of Secretary of the Education Publications Advisory Board. She was further the pioneer of the Children's Creative Writing Project as State level and the founder-President of the All-Island Teacher Writers 'Club. It was in her capacity as Chairperson of the Western Literary Panel of the Cultural Ministry that she participated in the Indian-Sri Lanka Writers' Conference (March 2000). At present President of the International Board on Books for Yound People, she has authored 13 books (in English and Sinhala) and six translations including UNESCO translations. A graduate of the University of Sri Lanka with postgraduate qualifications, she has also been appointed a Justice of Peace for the whole island. The author freelances for the Island's premier newspaper group i.e., The Lakehouse Group.