K A Beena

K A Beena is a writer, journalist, and columnist with postgraduate degrees in Journalism and English Literature. She began her career with leading Malayalam publications before joining the Indian Information Service in 1991. She served as News Editor at All India Radio and Doordarshan and retired as Deputy Director from the Central Bureau of Communication, Ernakulam.

Beena has published around forty books across travel writing, fiction, and children’s literature. Her first book appeared in 1981, beginning a literary career spanning more than four decades. Wrote two books on Radio. ( Radio Kathayum Kalayum, Radio) She continues to write for various periodicals.

Her honors include the Statesman Rural Reporting Award for Journalism, Laadli Media Regional and National Awards, V. K. Madhavankutty Journalism Award, All India Radio National Award for Best Script, Basheer Literary Award, and Kerala Bala Sahithya Academy Children’s Literature Award.