Nalini Sorensen is an award-winning children’s author, who loves spending time with children and looking at the world through the wonder of their eyes. Nalini has written books across various age groups for children, and has been published by numerous publishers in India. Her books include: Wolf on the Prowl, Good Night, Sleep Tight!, Spellbound!, Lucky, It’s Summer!, Papa’s Marathon, Dada’s Useless Present, The Star That Saved the Day, Number March, Alphabet Dress-up and others. She has contributed to numerous anthologies for both children and adults, to children’s magazines, and has written readers for schools in India.

Shubham Lakhera is an award-winning illustrator of children’s books and magazines, and an alumnus of the Government Fine Arts College, Gwalior and Riyaz Academy, Bhopal. His illustrations have appeared in several popular magazines for children, including Chakmak, Pluto, and Cycle, and in picture books by leading Indian children’s publishers. He lives in Chanderi and paints the natural scenes there in his sketchbook. Shubham received the ‘Illustrator of the Year’ award at the Publishing Next Industry Award 2023.