B.Jeyamohan (b. 1962), based in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, is a pre-eminent writer in modern Tamil literature. Apart from his other landmark novels such as Vishnupuram (1997) and Kotravai (2005), his body of work includes more than three hundred short stories, many volumes of literary criticism, biographies, travelogues, introductory texts to Indian and Western literature as well as essays on heritage and philosophy. He won the Akilan Memorial Prize for his first novel, and the Katha Samman and the Sanskriti Samman awards.

V. Shyamalais a chartered global management accountant and content specialist who loves to read. When she became a mother of two bookworms, she started a joyous treasure hunt for books to feed their insatiable appetites. Along the way, she discovered her passion for finding and translating children s books from Tamil into English so that even more bookworms hop on for the fun ride!