Harshikaa Udasi

 As a journalist, Harshikaa Udasi has chased news for most of her life, but what she enjoys the most is uncovering the story behind the news. Her stories for children largely dwell on the blurred lines between fact and fiction. She has written the award-winning Kittu’s Very Mad Day (FICCI Children’s Book of the Year 2017), Friends Behind Walls (Parag Honor-list 2020), The Story Quilt, and the series Inspiring Tales from Indian History, among others. Her latest book is about the life and valour of Mewar’s Maharana Pratap. She has also contributed to several anthologies. 

Harshikaa runs Book Trotters Collaborative through which she creates rich reading spaces for schools, mentorship programmes for educators, and also a book club for children.