Giti ChandraI CHANDRA is currently Senior Researcher with the Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (under the auspices of UNESCO) in Reykjavík, and has been Associate Professor, Department of English, at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Apart from heracademic publications, she is the author of the Book of Guardians trilogy: The Fang of Summoning (Hachette India, 2010), The Bones of Stars (Hachette India, 2013) and The Eye of the Archer (Hachette India, 2020). Her (mostly sci-fi) short stories and (mostly sentimental) poetry have been published in various amazing publications. Giti writes poetry in April, paints on Tuesdays, has a PhD from Rutgers, and feels that people would do well to learn that a cello is not an oversized violin. She lives in Reykjavík with a husband, two kids, a dog and a cat.