Pooja Makhijani

Pooja Makhijani is a writer, mother, and baker. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Teen Vogue, and Bon Appétit among others. She lives in Central New Jersey with her daughter, the inspiration for Bread Is Love.

Lavanya Naidu is a storyteller with a passion for building worlds and developing characters with heart. She is a graduate in animation film design and over the last decade has illustrated several children's books, worked on games and animation production (television and film). When she isn't drawing, Lavanya is collecting dinosaur models, boxing, hiking, cooking and patting all the dogs. Lavanya grew up in Kolkata, India and now lives with her husband and their ever growing collection of plants, in Melbourne.