Priya Kuriyan is a children’s book writer-illustrator, comics maker and chronic doodler. She has directed educational films for the Sesame Street show (India) and the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) and has illustrated numerous children’s books for publishers like Tulika Books, Penguin, Scholastic and Hachette to name a few. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Big Little Book Award, instituted by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts in recognition of her contribution to Indian children’s literature. Her most recent children’s picture book ‘Beauty in Missing’ was published by Pratham Books, India. She lives and works in the city of Bangalore and in her spare time makes funny caricatures of its residents.