Smriti Prasadam-Halls is an award-winning, bestselling children's author whose books include Publishers Weekly #1 bestseller I Love You Night and Day. She is published in more than 40 languages worldwide. Her books are always full of hope and heart and speak to the child in all of us. South Indian by birth, British by nationality, and London-loving at heart, Smriti lives with her husband and their three sons, reading, writing, and dreaming up new stories.

Chaaya Prabhat is an illustrator from Chennai, India currently working out of Goa. She has worked on a number of picture books, including Anni Dreams of Biryani, A Taste of Honey, The Best Diwali Ever, and Bracelets for Bina's Brothers.