Mandira Shah is a part-time writer and enjoys stories that take readers on adventures that are far from the humdrum. She likes to write the kind of adventures she’d love to get lost in, hoping you’ll feel the same. Her debut novel Children of the Hidden Land, published by Speaking Tiger YA won the Binod Kanoria Awards (Young Adult) and Valley of Words Award (Young Adult) and was shortlisted for the AutHER Awards. You can reach out to her at mandira.shah@gmail.com Her second book Muniya’s Quest, by Talking Cub (a Speaking Tiger children’s imprint) is a middle grade adventure