A delightfully eccentric novel to be enjoyed by children and adults alike. A must for fans of Neil Gaiman The Lady A vivid read The Times of India A few pages into Nilanjana Roy's The Wildings, you'll wish you had whiskers and could mew... a pageturner and a charming read DNA India Could well become a classic in its own time Sunday Guardian A delight to read -- Salman Rushdie

Nilanjana Roy spent most of her adult life writing about humans before realising that animals were much more fun; The Wildings is her first novel. She writes a regular column for the Business Standard and the International Herald Tribune, and some of her stories for children have been published in Scholastic's Spooky Stories, Science Fiction Stories and Be Witched. She also writes for The New York Times, Granta, Al-Jazeera, The Huffington Post and the BBC. She has worked extensively on free speech, censorship and feminist issues in India. The Girl Who Ate Books: Adventures in Reading, a collection of Nilanjana's essays, will be published by 4thEstate. She lives in Delhi with her husband where they are jointly owned by two cats.