Authors/Promoters

Govind Agarwal – Author

Govind Agarwal is a technology consultant and children's storybook author who lives in Sammamish, Washington. He has been writing stories for fun and as hobby for the last 10 years. Publishing credentials include a fun illustrated children's book series "Kyra and Friends". The first book "Kyra's New Zoo" was published in December 2012. Govind is currently working on the second and third books of the series - 'Guga's First Birthday' and 'Guga's Magnificent rescue' which are scheduled for release in 2013/14.

Govind attended Utkal University, Odisha, India and graduated with Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree. He grew up on the river town of Sambalpur, Odisha in India before moving to Sammamish, Washington in the United States in 2007, where he lives with his wife Parul and his 4 year old son Ayush.Ayush constant demands of listening to a new story every day lead him to create characters including Kyra, Moloko, Guga and others. Ayush amusement and liking of the characters and story resulted in Govind collaborating with Vivek and Danielle to get the book created and published.

Advisory Board

Namita Sharma

She is a MCA graduate and is a silent partner in Mind Power Education, a Mathematics and Abacus based company. Namita has spent the last few years focusing on upbringing of her two Kids (Dhruv and Saanvi), across the globe in India, UAE, UK and USA. Her unique experiences across different culture gives her a sound understanding of the early childhood education, which helps with tailoring our content to build great educational foundation for our readers and listeners.

She is based out of Dwarka in New Delhi, India.

Danielle Alford - Illustrator

She is a freelance copywriter and illustrator with a Bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations. She enjoys drawing for both work and leisure and always seeks to learn how to improve with everything she does. Apart from Kyra and Friend series,  Danielle has several books in print which she has illustrated, and is currently working on illustrating a comic book as well. Her freelance work includes everything from website text to being commissioned by individuals for character and video game design.