Bijal Vachharajani

When Bijal Vachharajani is not reading a children’s book, she’s writing or editing one. She’s the author of multiple planet-friendly books including A Cloud Called Bhura, Savi and the Memory Keeper, both of which won the Auther Award, and When Fairyland Lost Its Magic, which won the Kalinga Award and the Green Literature Festival Honour Book Award. She edited the anthology Go Wild: Stories, Essays, and Comics that Celebrate the Earth, which brings together writers and illustrators to rewild imaginations. One of India’s first climate fiction writers for children, she’s a commissioning editor at Pratham Books. A climate worrier, her work looks at loss and grief, both personal and planetary.