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Author Bio:
Lesley D. Biswas is the author of books for children and a freelance writer who had dreamed of playing cricket. For the past twenty-six years, her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and on digital platforms. Her book, A Conspiracy in Calcutta, won the Binod Kanoria Children’s Book Award 2023 and Unlucky Chumki was shortlisted for the Neev Book Award 2020. Some of her other children’s books include the Chumki series, Ostrich Girl and The Wish Fish. Lesley enjoys gardening, photographing birds and watercolour painting. Cricket and nature are close to her heart.
Illustrator Bio:
After a fifteen-year stint as a software engineer, Anupama Ajinkya Apte decided to pursue her childhood passion for art. She loves drawing quirky characters. An avid urban sketcher, she deeply enjoys working in water colours.
