Nisha Sharma grew up immersed in Bollywood movies, eighties pop culture and romance novels, so it comes as no surprise that her first novel MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE features all three. Nisha credits her father for her multiple graduate degrees and her mother for her love of Shah Rukh Khan and Jane Austen. She lives in New Jersey with her cat, Lizzie Bennett, and her dog, Nancey Drew. Visit www.nisha-sharma.com / @nishawrites.
Norbert Landa was born in Austria and has worked as a journalist, songwriter and playwright. In 1980 he began writing books for children and has now had over 120 books published. Norbert now lives with his wife in Germany.
Nikolas Ilic is an Emmy Award winning artist working in both animation and children's books. Originally from Toronto Canada, he now resides in sunny Los Angeles with his wife, son and two dogs. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, woodworking and gardening.
Nicola works from her home studio crafting imaginary worlds with her Wacom wand whilst her two dogs fight for her lap.
She has been illustrating since she could hold a crayon in her hand, but professionally since 2001 when she graduated with a degree in Graphic Design.
Prior to setting up on her own Nicola spent over a decade working with digital agencies as lead creative in illustration, design and animation.
Olga studied traditional applied arts and then animation in Moscow. She worked for several years at animation productions and after that found herself very interested in illustrating children’s books. Since 2010 she’s worked with many publishers around the world.
Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator now living in Belgium. He has over 15 years experience as an illustrator and designer, and especially loves working with a textured, painterly approach.
