Vaishali Shroff is an award-winning author, script writer, and columnist based in Mumbai. She has published over 200 stories in books and other media across Indian and international publishing houses. She loves writing about unexplored places, untold histories, and unheard voices.

Some of her works include The Adventures of Padma and a Blue Dinosaur, winner of the 2019 Best in Indian Children's Writing (BICW) award, Sita's Chitwan, listed as one of the Top 10 Noteworthy Books of 2021 by TOI, There's a Leopard in My House, winner of the ECA-APER award for the Best Fiction Book for Children, and Batata, Pao and All Things Portuguese, winner of the New Voices in Non-fiction Scholarship offered by SCBWI, US. Her debut short movie as a script writer, Rajasaur, has been screened and has won multiple awards for Best Short Film across film festivals in the US and India.

Shroff loves talking to children over adults, chocolate over anything else, and wants to be a tree in her next life. Follow her @vaishaliwrites on Instagram to know more about her work.