Available for
Workshop, Talk, Reading, Interview, Commission a bookAudiences
Age 7 to 11, Age 11 to 14, AdultGenres
Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction narrative, Memoir, Mystery, Narrative, Narrative non-fiction, Picture book, Poetry, Realistic fiction, Short storyBook types
Fiction 8-13Awards
- Winner of the Commonword Diversity YA novel prize 2018
- Shortlisted for Warwickshire Secondary Book Award 2025
- Longlisted for Branford Boase Award 2025
Organisations
- SCBWI
- Society of Authors
Books by Dev Kothari
My debut Bringing back Kay-Kay published by Walker Books is a MG/Teen mystery-adventure set in contemporary India. It has received wide recognition such as being named the Times Book of the Week, Longlisted for the Branford Boase award 2025, Shortlisted for the Warwickshire Secondary Book Award 2025, BookTrust's Book of the day and part of the Great Books Guide and Spark Reading Programme
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Bringing Back Kay-Kay
When Lena’s beloved older brother goes missing at the end of summer camp, the bottom drops out of Lena's world. The police dismiss Kay-Kay’s disappearance as that of just another teenage runaway, but Lena knows they are wrong. Tired of not being listened to, powerless to reach her parents through their grief and unable to imagine a future without her brother in it, Lena sets off to find him.
As Lena journeys across India to retrace Kay-Kay's last known steps, she embarks on a parallel journey of discovery. Because it seems there is a side to Kay-Kay she has never known. The more she learns about her brother in the weeks leading up to his disappearance, the more determined Lena is to find him – and to finally be the sister he has so clearly needed. But will she be too late…?