Paro Anand is an Indian author of books for children, young adults and adults including novels, short stories and plays. She won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017 for her anthology Wild Child and Other Stories (now published as "Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories").She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India.She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature at the National Book Trust India, the apex body for children's literature in India. She also runs a podcast on HubHopper called Literature in Action,and was an invitee to the India Conference at the Harvard Business School in 2018. Books by Paro Anand There's Something Under my Bed Elephants Don't Diet School Ahead The Puffin Book of Classic Stories for Boys Weed The Tree with a Travelling Heart Pure Sequence Wild Child & Other Stories The Other: Stories of Difference School Stories The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Genius Lik...