Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi's first novel, The Last Song of Dusk, won the Betty Trask Award in the UK, the Premio Grinzane Cavour in Italy, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize in Ireland. His second book, The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Prize. The two novels, along with The Rabbit & the Squirrel and Loss, essays on death and grief, are published by HarperCollins India. Shanghvi works and lives in a village in north Goa.
Stina Wirsén, bestselling Swedish writer and acclaimed artist, has won many accolades, among them Expressen's Heffaklump award for children's literature, the Elsa Beskow Plaque, Nordiska Tecknare's award and Svenska Tecknare's Kolla! award. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, including Japan, India, the USA and Germany. Wirsén lives in and works out of Stockholm.