Tony Joseph writes on ancient Indian history. His research of more than a decade has helped bring clarity to many issues, especially the formation of the Indian population. His first book Early Indians was published in 2018. He is working on a sequel. Tony started his career as a journalist, and was, successively, the features editor of the Economic Times, associate editor of Business Standard and editor of Businessworld, between 1990 and 2007. He spent much of his career in New Delhi. He now travels for his writing and tries to spend as much time as possible in his home state of Kerala.

Devika Cariapa trained as an archaeologist. She later found her calling making the world of archaeology and history accessible for young readers. An award-winning children’s author, she received the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019 for her book India Through Archaeology: Excavating History. Her subsequent works of non-fiction have won the The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award, the Neev Book Award, the Times of India AutHer Award and the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize. Devika lives and works in Bangalore, escaping to Coorg every now and then.