Debasmita Dasgupta is a Singapore-based, internationally published, Kirkus-Prize nominated illustrator and graphic novelist. She enjoys drawing both fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She

Rasil has been a passionate reader since the day she discovered a library. She worked in technology for 10 years before making the leap into a

Marc Aronson is an author, professor, speaker, editor, and publisher who believes that young people, especially pre-teens and teenagers, are smart, passionate, and capable of engaging

Linda Sue Park is the author of many books for young readers, including the 2002 Newbery Medal winner A Single Shard and the New York Times

Ben is a detail-obsessed illustrator and writer from Norwich, via Cape Town who likes pencils and heavy objects. He combines multiple processes to create intricate and

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

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the award-winning author of several books for youth including Black Brother, Black Brother, named Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best 2020,

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is the two-time Newbery Honor-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of several acclaimed middle-grade novels, including Fighting Words, The War That

John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. He worked as a bartender, local government official, and journalist before publishing his first novel, Every Dead Thing,

Jane De Suza’s books serve up thought-provoking insights through humour, which get them onto Amazon’s and Nielsen’s top selling charts, as well as award lists. These

Nancy Springer is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery, and science fiction. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award in

Frances Hardinge landed her first publishing contract on the strength of her manuscript that her friend Rhiannon Lassiter passed on to Macmillan. This came out as

Venita Coelho works with images, words, and paint. She is a writer who has worked in film, television, and literature. She has ten published books to

Venita Coelho works with images, words and paint. She is a writer who has worked in film, television and literature. She has ten published books to

Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo is an American writer of children’s fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two

For over forty years Joseph Bruchac has been creating literature and music that reflect his indigenous heritage and traditions. He is a proud Nulhegan Abenaki citizen

Shaikh has been writing since the age of eight and has published his poetry in a number of anthologies and journals. His autobiographical novel ‘The Library

Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s

Anthony John McGowan is an English author of books for children, teenagers and adults. He is the winner of the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal for Lark.

Paro Anand is a Bal Sahitya Puraskar winner. She has written books for children, young adults, and adults. She also works with children in schools and

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

Emily Drabble is head of children’s book promotion and prizes at the reading for pleasure charity BookTrust; heading up the team that runs the Children’s Laureate,

Elizabeth Stewart lives in Vancouver, Canada. Her YA novel, The Lynching of Louie Sam received the best mystery and best historical novel prizes at the 2013

Sayoni Basu has been an editor of books for children for more years than she can remember. She has worked with Penguin, Scholastic and Amar Chitra

Karthika Gopalakrishnan is the Head of Reading at Neev Academy. She has worked with schools across south India to help students develop a love for reading in

Sneha Iype Varma is the Founder / Partner / Executive Producer of Nirvana Films. As one-half of the director producer duo that founded ‘Nirvana Films’ in 2001,

Sriram Jagannathan is a graphic designer, animator and user experience specialist. His experience in design spans multiple spheres – from fashion and textile design, to web-based courseware

A writer, actor and child-rights activist, Nandana has authored 6 children’s books, translated into 15 languages globally. Her first, “Kangaroo Kisses,” was selected by 320 U.K.

Nandini Bajpai grew up in New Delhi, India, one of four sisters and many cousins, in a family that liked to read. She lived and worked

Olivier Lafont is a French author, screenplay writer, and actor living in Paris. His first fantasy novel Warrior was published by Penguin Random House. His other

Debjani is an independent animation filmmaker, author, illustrator, researcher and educator. Presently she is pursuing PhD from IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay and is the

Lalita Iyer is a Mumbai-based journalist, columnist and author of Sridevi: Queen of hearts, The Whole Shebang and I’m Pregnant Not Terminally Ill, You Idiot! She

Niveditha Subramaniam is a children’s book writer, illustrator and researcher. She cherishes every opportunity to celebrate her abiding love for visuals and has published 15 books

When she was eight, she started writing and illustrating her first book. The Mahabharata – A Child’s View went on to be published in seven language

Himanjali Sankar is a writer and editor. She grew up in Calcutta and did her Masters and MPhil in English Literature from JNU, New Delhi. She

Ferose has co-authored a best-seller book on people with disabilities, GIFTED. The book has been translated into six Indian regional languages and won the prestigious Karnataka

Lesley D. Biswas is a children’s author with over 25 years of experience as a freelance writer. She grew up in McCluskiegunj and is now based

Priya Narayanan is a poet and children’s author based in Ahmedabad. She runs her own design practice under the twin banners Tatva and Soma and is

Parvati Sharma is a Delhi-based author. Her debut was a collection of short stories called “The Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love”. She has also

Arti Sonthalia is a Hyderabad based children’s author. She started her journey with “Chicken Soup For the Soul” books, and continued to the children’s genre. Her

Vinitha is a flaneur, a forever-hungry-story-devourer and a storyteller. Also, an author, editor and columnist, Vinitha has written 25 books for children. Two of her stories

Rohini Nilekani is the Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up for sustainable water and sanitation, which funds initiatives all across India. From 2004 to

Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, teacher, and advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is the Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners,

Sujata Noronha is an educator with a specialisation in Early Literacy. She works in the library and is based in Goa where she runs a not

Aruna Sankaranarayanan currently writes for The Hindu, Deccan Herald, and Financial Express (Digital) on teaching, learning, work, relationships, and well-being. She authors a monthly column, Youth,

Katie Day is an American who has been overseas for over 30 years. She has a masters in Children’s Literature from the UK and teaching and

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

A social scientist by training, Kamla Bhasin has been actively engaged with issues related to development, gender, education, media and others since 1970. Currently, she works

Kenny was born in Guwahati and spent his childhood in two other towns in Assam. After a few years working in the Mumbai film & TV