Winner of the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Award for Best Children’s Fiction 2023, and the Binod Kanoria Children’s Book Award, 2023, Mallika is a lawyer-turned-writer, published by Penguin, Hachette, Speaking Tiger, Karadi Tales, and Katha, amongst others. An MA in ancient Indian history and culture from St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, she was also the curator and chief content writer for the Government of India’s National Virtual Library of India portal on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Other than writing, she loves learning about trees, conducting tree walks and creating videos about trees on her YouTube channel, Tree Talk with Mallika Ravikumar. To learn more about her books, tree walks and talks, you can visit www.mallikaravikumar.com or reach her on Instagram at mallika.ravikumar