Lee Child (Author) Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards including Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.Andrew Child (Author) Andrew Child is the author of nine thrillers written under the name Andrew Grant. He is the younger brother of Lee Child. Born in Birmingham, he lives in Wyoming with his wife, the nove

Sangeetha Vallat, a seeker of stories, is passionate about books, travel, friends and conversations. Her short stories are a part of several anthologies and online journals. Platform Ticket is her debut book.

Vasudha Rai is a bestselling author, columnist, podcaster and an award-winning journalist who has written on beauty and wellness for more than two decades. Her first book, Glow: Indian Foods, Recipes and Rituals for Beauty, Inside & Out, has revived the usage of traditional ingredients in everyday living. Her second book, Ritual: Daily Practices for Wellness, Beauty & Bliss, modernizes traditional practices, so they’re relevant for contemporary lifestyles. A yoga teacher with a 300-hour certification, Vasudha has taught yoga at The Yoga Studio in Delhi.Her beauty column has appeared in The Hindu Weekend and HT Mint Lounge. Two seasons of her podcast, Holistic Healing with Vasudha Rai―in association with RedFM, India’s leading radio channel―are streaming across all major platforms including Spotify, Jio Saavn, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts. Her work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Condé Nast Traveller and The Hindu Weekend. In the past, she has been the beauty director for Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health, India.In 2019, Vasudha was awarded the Beauty & Wellness Voice of The Year at the Cosmopolitan Blogger Awards. In 2022, she was awarded the Voice of Reason in beauty writing as part of the Vogue Beauty Festival, and the Future Forward Influencer in the Wellness category by Peaklife magazine. In 2024, Vasudha released her an audio book, an Audible Original, titled The Book of Holistic Beauty, streaming on Audible. These days, Vasudha enjoys writing books, interacting with her Instagram audience and gardening at her home in Gurugram, India.In 2022, she was awarded the Voice of Reason award in beauty writing, as part of the Vogue Beauty Festival. She's also been the beauty director for Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Women's Health, India.

Scaachi Koul is a senior writer for Slate and a cohost of the Ambie Award-winning podcast Scamfluencers. She cohosted the Emmy-nominated Netflix series, Follow This, and her writing has appeared on This American Life, and in The New Yorker, New York, and The Cut. You can also find her in documentaries like Quiet on Set and Pretty Baby. Her bestselling book, One Day We’ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. You can follow her on Instagram and on her Substack, Hater Nation. She lives in Brooklyn.

Aditya Iyer writes travel, sports and human-interest features for Open Magazine. He began his journalism career with the Indian Express, where he covered cricket World Cups, football World Cups and Grand Slam tennis. He lives in New Delhi. This is his first book.

JASMINE SHAH served as the vice chairperson of the Dialogue and Development Commission, the policy think-tank of the Delhi government, from 2018 to 2024, and is an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader. He played a crucial role in many reforms of the Delhi Model in transport, environment, electricity, education and e7mployment sectors.In a career spanning two decades, Jasmine has worked in multiple roles spanning the private, non-profit and government sectors. He was previously the deputy director of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, South Asia, and led the nationwide ‘Jaago Re’ voting campaign at Janaagraha. A graduate of IIT Madras, he holds a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University, New York, where he was a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow. His columns have appeared in Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Mint and Economic Times. Jasmine is on X and LinkedIn @jasmine441.