TEJASWINI APTE-RAHM is a writer from Mumbai. She is the author of the short story collection These Circuses That Sweep Through the Landscape, and co-author of The Poop Book!—an environmental education book for children. She worked as a journalist and environmental researcher. She studied in Singapore and the UK, and has lived in Serbia, Israel, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Fiji. She currently lives in Azerbaijan. The Secret of More is her first novel.