She wrote her first book, a ballad, when she was 8 years old and her first book was published at the age of 14. Janaki Sooriyarachchi is a very versatile author-illustrator in Sri Lanka, who started writing in her early childhood. ADANA BABA ATHTHAMMAGE UPANDINAYA BABA LEDAWELA BUKUN BUKUN DALABU PENCHA DEDUNU KUMARI ATHTAMMAGE KALU HAWARIYA CHANDU – THAMEE CHUTTAN BATTICHCHA HEENA LANTHAYA BIMBUGE KATHAWA ALI HODAWAELA BE KIYALA BE BE BE BORU KAKUL KARAYA HANGAMU RASA KAEMA HOLMAN PAENCHA IK IK IKKAI MAMAI KAELETA HORU PAENALA KENTHI KEEYADA KIBUL MANAMALI KIRI DATHA KO KUSSIYE HOLMAN NIDHI KUMARI RAVATICHCHI POLKICHCHI SITU KUMARAYO THUNDENA WELAWAKATA HARI HODAI YAKAPANCHA ARUNDATHI BALUM HORA BANIS GEDIYA BULA BUNTU HANGAMU RASA KAEMA HAPANEE HEENA KOCHCHIYA HULAN ARANGIYA ATHTHATUWA KAGEDA EE KATA