One Diwali Day: Festivals of the World

Dev Kothari grew up in a sleepy hamlet near Mumbai, where she read obsessively, wrote furtively, and daydreamed endlessly. In 2018, she won the Commonword Diversity Young Adult Fiction Prize, then went on to earn an MA in writing for young people at Bath Spa University. Bringing Back Kay-Kay was her debut novel. Dev Kothari lives in North London.

Aditi Anand, an illustrator from India, was the winner of a Picture This! Illustration competition in the UK. She says, "My work passionately reflects my origins. I love working with mixed media and am drawn to stories with strong emotional undertones. I enjoy being indoors, sipping chai, and drawing everyday life in my sketchbook." Aditi Anand lives in Cambridgeshire, England.