Akshay Swaroop Bhatnagar

Akshay Swaroop Bhatnagar is a father of two daughters, and like most parents, he found himself searching for stories that did more than entertain. Stories that quietly taught his children how to think, how to feel, and how to see the world more clearly.

A longtime student of mental models, Akshay spent years looking for bedtime books that brought these ideas to life for young readers. When he couldn't find quite the right ones, he wrote them himself.

Maya and the Two Glasses is the first book in The Lantern Stories series, a collection of bedtime tales for children aged 5 to 10, each one centered on a single idea that helps children understand themselves and the world around them a little better.

Akshay lives in India.