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Bijal Vachharajani

Bijal Vachharajani, when not reading a children’s book, is writing or editing one. She’s the author of multiple planet-friendly books including A Cloud Called Bhura (2019), Savi and the Memory Keeper (2021) – both of which won the AutHer Award, and When Fairyland Lost Its Magic (2023)which won the Kalinga Award. One of India’s first climate fiction writers for children, she's now a climate worrier.