Bijal Vachharajani has a habit of hugging strange trees whom she meets on her travels. When not hugging trees and talking to caterpillars who live on those trees, she’s either reading or writing or editing a children’s book. She is the winner of the AutHer Award for the Best Children’s Book in 2020. The former editor of Time Out Bengaluru and currently a commissioning editor at Pratham Books, she has a Masters in Environment Security and Peace from the University for Peace. Part of the Abhiyan Library movement, she is now a certified climate worrier.