Srishti Chaudhary is the author of Once upon a Curfew and Lallan Sweets. She researches Indian literature and teaches creative writing at the University of Tübingen in Germany. She has also written several short stories and articles published by the BBC, Huffington Post, National Geographic, Hindustan Times, and Juggernaut. She studied creative writing at the University of Edinburgh, and spends her time between Delhi, her home city, and Tübingen.