Chitra Soundar grew up in Chennai, India. An award-winning author of more than 40 books for children, she loves writing picture books, fiction, non-fiction and verse. Chitra travels the world visiting schools and appearing at festivals to bring Indian stories to children everywhere. Chitra is the holder of two prestigious Junior Library Guild gold medals in the US. www.chitrasoundar.com

Sandhya Prabhat is an award-winning illustrator and animator residing in California, originally from Chennai, India. She has illustrated many picture books, including I Am Brown; Namaste is a Greeting; Usha and the Big Digger; Ani's Light; and As Large as Life. She has also designed/animated for clients like Microsoft, Google, Snapchat and Facebook. Her work can be seen on her Instagram handle (@sandhyaprabhat).