Aditi De is a writer, photographer, blogger, big-time dreamer. She is passionate about solo travel, crafts and handlooms, music, dance, theatre, art, and the creative spirit.
Aijaz Khan’s debut film, The White Elephant (2009) premiered at the prestigious International Film Festival of India. Travelling to more than 10 film festivals including New
Anita Vachharajani has a Masters in English Literature and in Linguistics. She has just published a pictorial biography for Young Adults called ‘Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with
Anuradha Ruhil Barua has extensive experience teaching the IB Diploma. She is passionate about language (s) and teaches English and Hindi. Her goal is to help
Archana Garodia Gupta with a lifelong passion for books, languages, travel and history, Archana has a knack for weaving delightful nuggets of information into engaging tales.
Arefa Tehsin is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books on wildlife, for children and adults and contributes columns, features and travelogues to various dailies
Arundhati Venkatesh is one of India’s most-loved children’s authors. She writes about football fans and lunchbox looters, tooth troubles and lie detectors, snoring giants and book-eating
Bhakti Mathur took to writing in 2010 when she created the ‘Amma Tell Me’ Series of children’s picture books about Indian festivals and mythology. Recently she
When Bijal Vachharajani is not reading Harry Potter, she is Editor Scissorhands at Pratham Books. A journalist, Bijal is the author of four children’s books, So
Colin has been a teacher in the middle school, high school, in pre-university programmes and undergraduate programmes where he has taught English language, literature, theory of
David Melling is a bestselling author-illustrator with worldwide acclaim. He started in the 1980’s as an editorial illustrator before working in several London-based animation studios drawing
Pika Nani (Deepika Murthy) is the author of the thrilling detective series, The Adventures of Shrilok Homeless and Shrilok Homeless the Ultimate Adventures Vol 2, published
Devangana Dash is a New Delhi-based designer, illustrator and book maker. When she’s not designing books for a living, she reads, writes, draws a little more
Devdutt Pattanaik writes on relevance of mythology in modern times. Trained in medicine, he worked for 15 years in the healthcare and pharma industries before he
Devika Cariapa is a Delhi based author with a lifelong passion for archaeology and unearthing stories from the past. Her book, ‘India Through Archaeology: Excavating History’
Dr. Devika Rangachari is an award-winning children’s writer whose book, Queen of Ice (Duckbill), was on the White Raven list, won the Neev Young Adult Book
Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj, PhD (Cantab.) is an anthropologist and author. Her book, “Where are you From? Middle Class Migrants in the Modern World” (2003, University of
Gita has worked with children all over the world, earned her master’s degree in literacy education from Columbia University and now teaches second grade in Princeton,
Jahnavi Barua is an author based in Bangalore. Published Next Door (Penguin) to wide critical acclaim and Rebirth (Penguin) and is currently working on a new
Stories are Janaki Sabesh’s passion- writing , performing and living them. Janaki’s engagement with children began with “The Learning Train” (1995), an album that simplified math
Jane De Suza is the author of Flyaway Boy, which has launched to great reviews. Other books include the best selling SuperZero series, Uncool (and books
Jeeva Raghunath , storyteller/author. Pioneered the storytelling movement in Tamilnadu, India. She has represented her country at various festivals around the globe. Awarded ” Best entrepreneur
Katie Smith Milway, a native of Vancouver, B.C., and resident of Boston, is winner of the Massachusetts Best Book for Children Award and Children’s Africana Book
Kinyanjui Kombani ‘the banker who writes’ is a creative writer, banker, learning solutions specialist and entrepreneur. He is the recipient of the 2018 CODE Burt Award
Lakshmi Nambiar is a gallerist running Shrishti Art gallery, one of the oldest and leading contemporary art galleries in Hyderabad. Lakshmi is also a Partner with
Maya earned a BA in English from Middlebury College and a Masters in Education Policy from Harvard University. She spent seventeen years teaching high school English
Nadine is an experienced teacher-librarian with a demonstrated history of working in the IB environment, following innovative practices. She is a strong education professional, demonstrating lifelong
Nafisa Nandini Crishna is an illustrator and writer who tells stories through her drawings and words. She has worked within the field of illustration for 9
A writer, actor and child-rights activist, Nandana has written 6 children’s books, translated into 15 languages globally: In My Heart (Puffin, 2019), The Monkey Who Wanted
An award-winning children’s books author, Natasha Sharma began her writing journey with the ever-popular book ‘Icky, Yucky, Mucky’. With eighteen books to her credit, Natasha has
Nazia Erum is the critically acclaimed author of the book Mothering A Muslim. Her work around inter-faith harmony has found mention in the Gaurdian, Washington Post
Paro Anand has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award, 2017 for her book Wild Child, now published as Like Smoke with additional
Prashant Miranda grew up in Bangalore, studied at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and moved to Canada soon after. He designed children’s animated shows for
Priya Kuriyan is a children’s book illustrator and comics maker based in Bangalore. She has directed animated films for the Sesame street show (India) and the
Richa Jha is an author and picture book enthusiast. Her books have won several prestigious national and international awards and nominations. She is also the founder
Roopa Pai is one of India’s best-known children’s writers. Adults and children enjoy her books on themes ranging from sci-fi, fantasy, fiction, and subjects like science,
Ruby Hembrom is the founder and director of adivaani (first voices), an archiving and publishing outfit of and by Adivasis started in 2012. A trained instructional
Sandhya Rao has worked in the media as print journalist, books editor and children’s books writer. She has published several books for children and rendered Astrid
Sangeetha Kadur finds her niche as a wildlife artist. Twice nominated for the BBC’s Wildlife Artist of the Year, her works have been published across a
Shabnam Minwalla is a mother of three. In the little off-time that this brain-scrambling job permits, she writes food articles, columns and book reviews for magazines
PROFESSOR SHAILAJA MENON leads the Early Literacy Initiative at TISS-Hyderabad. Concurrently, she teaches at the School of Education, Azim Premji University. Shailaja has her Ph.D. in
As co-founder and Publishing Director of Karadi Tales Company, Shobha Viswanath has been responsible for steering the direction of her company from brilliantly produced audio books
An incurable reader and writer, Shruti Garodia has an abiding love of history, especially through storytelling. She is a keen traveller, and loves new places and
Srijan Pal Singh is an author, public speaker, education innovator and social entrepreneur. Currently, he is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Centre,
Stephen Alter is the author of twenty books of fiction and non-fiction. His books for younger readers include THE CLOUDFARERS and THE SECRET SANCTUARY. His most
Susan Perrow is an author and storyteller who passionately believes in the ‘power of story’. Her writing genre is therapeutic/healing stories. It is best described as
Upasana Makati is the Founder & Publisher of White Print – India’s first English lifestyle magazine in Braille for the visually impaired. After realizing the absolute