Look who all are coming...

AJIT NARAYAN is a cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for many newspapers and publishers, author of popular 'How to Draw' cartoon books, conducts fun-packed interactive hands-on cartoon making workshops regularly in schools..

ALISON LESTER is one of Australia’s most popular author/illustrators. The antics of her characters are known to a whole generation of children. In 2005, she travelled to the Antarctica for the Kids Antarctic Art Project.

ALISTER TAYLOR is a publisher and businessperson with deep connections with ISKCON. He divides his time between Mayapur, Bengal and the United States.

AMIT TAYAL has worked as an illustrator with Campfire for the last year and a half. He taught himself the art of drawing before studying animation and sequential art at Delhi University.

ANDREW COPE is a grown-up who still manages to think like a child. His Spy Dog series is a best-seller around the world. He tours schools and libraries on a mission to inspire children to read and write.

ANIL MENON writes stories – short, long and speculative. Also stories that go well with chai and those that do not. And stories with brown people and those without and about what is and what isn’t.

ANITA KUMARI’s best friends are bees. She started beekeeping to pay for her education. Now she is an entrepreneur.

ANJALI RAGHBEER has a fabulous art collection. She loves to write and tell her children stories about them.

ANUPA LAL is a magical storyteller who has written more than 20 books for children. They include picture books, collections of poems, mythology, folk tales and translations.

ANUSHKA RAVISHANKAR has written several books for children, many of which are picture books in verse.

ARUP KUMAR DUTTA has written 17 novels for children and his books have been translated into many languages. Three of his novels were made into feature films.

ATANU ROY is one of India’s most versatile illustrators and he has illustrated over a hundred books. His forte is to create paintings and not mere illustrations.

BENITA & MOEN SEN, the mother-daughter duo enjoy making things with left over and thrown away stuff. Benita is a children’s author and Moen is studying biotechnology engineering.

BHARATI JAGANNATHAN teaches history in a Delhi college and loves trees, birds and wildlife. This is her first tryst with writing for children.

BULBUL SHARMA is an author and painter whose passions include bird-watching and teaching art to disabled children. She has written several books for adults and children.

C.P. VISWANATH has interests in business, education and music. A singer, he also plays the mridangam and is Director of the Isha Group of schools and Karadi Tales.

DEEPA AGARWAL has written more than 40 books for children of all ages and has received several prestigious awards for her work over this period.

DEVIKA RANGACHARI is an award-winning writer for children. She is currently engaged in post-doctoral research in ancient Indian history.

GAURAV BHATNAGAR has taught mathematics in universities, over the Internet and in his garage. He is Senior Vice-President in Educomp Solutions Ltd.

HEATHER ADAMS is an editor with Penguin Books India and has re-told several of Rudyard Kipling’s much loved Just So stories for the Ladybird series.

JENNY VALENTINE is the winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize in 2007. She worked in a whole-food shop in London where she met many extraordinary people – including the inspiration for her character Violet Park.

JO WILLIAMS formerly organised the Red House Children’s Book Award, UK. Currently based in India, she is one of the founders of Bookaroo.

LISA HEYDLAUFF is leading a big multi-media campaign to help children discover the magic of going to school through books, television shows and public events.

MAHMOOD FAROOQUI & DANISH HUSAIN. Mahmood is a Rhodes Scholar who is reviving Dastangoi, the lost art of storytelling in Urdu. Danish is an actor and poet who collaborates with his friend Mahmood. Their performances have been critically acclaimed.

MICHAEL PANCKRIDGE is a sports fanatic and one of Australia’s most successful children’s authors. His Legends and Anniversary Legends have captured the imagination of children across the world.

MURIEL BLOCH one of France’s leading storytellers is known for telling zany, bizarre tales from all over the world. She records CDs, writes and edits collections and organises storytelling events.

MANASI SUBRAMANIAM is a prize-winning author and playwright for both adults and children.

NAMITA GOKHALE is a multi-faceted novelist and publisher and has retold the Mahabharata, her first book for young readers.

NINA SABNANI is a film-maker and illustrator. She is currently teaching at IIT Mumbai, while pursuing her doctoral research on storytelling models in India.

PARO ANAND is an award winning author of 13 books for children. She is associated with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, working with children who have been impacted by terrorist violence.

PENNY DOLAN is a children’s writer and storyteller. She has performed in libraries, museums, art galleries and historic sites. She has appeared in several children’s programmes at literature festivals.

PRANAV TRIVEDI is a wildlife biologist and environmental educator. His first book of fiction based on his research of the beautiful and elusive snow leopard.

ROOPA PAI writes stories, poems, comic strips and a popular history column for children. She has won a Children’s Book Trust Award for her science writing.

SAMINA MISHRA is a documentary film-maker, writer and media practitioner. She has directed a series of three films on the girl child in India.

SAMPURNA CHATTARJI is a poet, fiction-writer and translator. She has written several books for children.

SANDHYA RAO is Senior Editor at Tulika Publishers. Formerly a journalist, she writes, edits, translates and tries to reach books in different languages to young readers everywhere.

SANKHA BANERJEE studied art at Rabindrabharati University, Kolkata. He is the first artist to work on Greek mythology titles for Campfire’s range of graphic novels.

SIDDHARTHA SARMA is a former investigative journalist from Assam. He collects swords and first edition comics and always seeks new and diabolical ways to waste his time.

SUBHADRA SEN GUPTA writes mainly on history, travel and mythology. She specialises in historical fiction, mysteries, comics, cats and food.

SWAGATA SEN PILLAI is a Bharatanatyam dancer, actor and communication designer. Interacting with children is an integral part of her involvement in social development.

TAPAS GUHA is one of the most prolific, popular and sought-after illustrators of children’s books in India today. His first love is drawing comic strips.

THU KIM VU is a visual artist who lives and works in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is currently interested in the possibilities of doodle drawings and creating spaces through layers of such images.

VARUN NARAIN : Delhi-based Varun Narain first discovered puppetry at the age of nine. Varun continually explores different ways in which puppetry can be used and integrates his work with film, video, art and fashion. He works with children and theatre and has co-directed several productions such as 'Bhangra on the Moon', 'Peter Pan', 'The Wiz' 'Nutcracker' and 'The Sound Of Music'.

WENDY COOLING is one of the foremost educationists in the UK, and has been involved in a range of projects to promote reading. She now works as a consultant to children’s publishers.