Ashwitha Jayakumar has loved stories all her life, especiallyones set in different times and worlds. Born in Chennai, shestudied English literature and medieval studies at the universitiesof Edinburgh and Leeds in the United Kingdom and has workedfor over a decade in the Indian publishing industry. Her work hasbeen published by Pratham Storyweaver, Scholastic India, PuffinBooks and Hachette India. She particularly enjoys writing abouthistory, a subject she has always been especially fond of.