Lisa Rajan
# Lisa Rajan

Lisa Rajan (born 1972) is a children's author and former politician. She has written 20 books in the Tara Binns and Dani Binns series published by Collins Publishing, a division of HarperCollins.

## Early life

Rajan lives in South London and studied at Imperial College. She has a BSc in Biotechnology and an MSc in Science Communication.

She has worked in scientific research, scientific publishing, medical copywriting and was a writer for the New Scientist. She was previously an elected member on Southwark Council.

## Career

### Politician

Between 2002 and 2016, Rajan was a Liberal Democrat councillor for Southwark London Borough Council, representing the ward of Surrey Docks.

At the 2002 local election, Rajan was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for Southwark London Borough Council, representing the ward of Surrey Docks. During her time on the council, she served as a cabinet member for Environment and Transport and then Children's Services and Education.

On 24 May 2021, Rajan was made a Honorary Alderwoman of Southwark recognising her service to the council.

### Author

In 2017 after having a daughter she realised most children's books had male lead characters so she decided to write stories where a girl does the jobs normally associated with men. The Tara Binns and Dani Binns stories feature a different STEM career. Each book is produced in conjunction with real STEM professionals provided by the WISE Campaign.

In 2020 they were a 3-star winner in the STEM category of the Teach Primary awards 2020.

