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Nikhil Gulati is an author and illustrator who loves to tell stories that inspire wonder. He is the award-winning creator behind The People of the Indus, a graphic novel history of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer is one of the foremost authorities on Indus history and is a professor of archaeology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was an American-English novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children’s novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).

Satya Vyas was born in Bokaro, Jharkhand. He was told by his family that studying is a good thing. He took this seriously, so seriously in fact, that he studied arts, science, commerce, management, and law. An alumnus of the BHU law school, Satya Vyas is a logistics professional at a Navratna company and has published three bestselling books.

After graduating from IIM Mumbai, Harsha Bhogle worked in advertising and sports management before finding his niche in the broadcasting world. For the past twelve years, he has presented cricket on ESPN and Star Sports.

Apeksha fell in love with words very early in life. While other kids of her age were still learning to spell words, she was already reading her older brother’s books and comics. She wrote her first story at the age of seven and submitted it to Tinkle. Apeksha has always wanted to write a boarding school story along the lines of Enid Blyton’s St. Clare and Mallory Towers series, only in an Indian setting. Akbar – Birbal & the Haunted Gurukul is the first of many such books that she hopes to write.

Apeksha is also the author of India’s first YA spy thriller, Along Came A Spyder, which featured in multiple lists of ‘top books of 2020’ and has garnered rave reviews. It has also been optioned for screen adaptation. She has also published the prequel to the Spyders series, The Itsy Bitsy Spyder, as a novella on Kindle. Apeksha was handpicked by renowned author, Anita Nair, for her mentorship program, Anita’s Attic.

Apeksha has been featured in newspapers and online media such as the Sunday Standard, Mid Day, Deccan Chronicle, Times Of India NIE, News18, Sunday Guardian, Outlook, The Tribune, The Week, etc. She has written articles on writing spy fiction, career aspirations, and parenting for Times Of India NIE, News18, News Now, Momspresso, and SheThePeople

Arunoday Singh is an Indian actor and poet. This is his first collection of poems. He lives in Mumbai.

An alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad, Anita spent her early years in advertising, market research and marketing consultancy. Then, along with her husband, sports broadcaster Harsha Bhogle, she set up Prosearch Consultants. Prosearch conducts sessions of ‘The Winning Way’-learnings from sport for managers, a very popular speaker series for corporates. A book by the same name, co-authored by Anita and based on ‘The Winning Way’ sessions, has sold over 1,25,000 copies and is a national bestseller. Anita also founded Bizpunditz, India’s first digital learning library for managers. The library was recently acquired by Eruditus Learning, a leading edtech platform. Anita is on the board of governors of IIM Jammu. She is a sudoku and yoga enthusiast and an amateur keyboard player.

AVINUO KIRE is a writer and teacher from Kohima, Nagaland. She has authored The Power to Forgive and Other Stories (2015), The Last Light of Glory Days and Other Stories (2021), a collection of poetry, Where Wildflowers Grow (2015), and co-authored an anthology of oral narratives titled Naga Heritage Centre-People Stories: Volume One (2016). Avinuo currently teaches English at Kohima College.

Ekta is a researcher turned entrepreneur living in Mumbai. She spent a decade studying Ecology, ranging from soil nutrient dynamics in the forests
of southern India to sustainable farming practices among communities in the Himalayas.
After finishing her PhD from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, she decided to make a career in digital media and edutainment through her own venture, Garden Up, a logical extension to a very successful Youtube channel.
Today, Garden Up content, services and products, cater to a wide-ranging Indian and international audience, helping them find greenery, sustainability and balance in their lives. You can find out more about her work at https://www.gardenup.in/