Vinayak Varma was born and schooled in Madras, and has lived in Bangalore since the turn of the millennium. He is the author and illustrator of "The Sunshower Song", "Jadav and the Tree-Place", "Angry Akku", and "Up Down", and was the founding editor of Brainwave magazine. He has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and is a recipient of the Publishing Next Digital Book of the Year Award. Vinayak's short stories and articles have appeared in Out of Print Magazine, The Deccan Herald, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, and Muse India, among other publications. His illustrations have appeared in several YA and children's books, including "The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense", "The Magic Store of Nu-Cham-Vu", "Phiss Phuss Boom", "The Vampire Boy", and "Goodnight and God Bless". When he isn’t making picture books, teaching art, or designing for craft beer brands, Vinayak sings and plays blues harmonica. Follow him on Instagram @mixtape.in and on Twitter @eyefry.