Rumana Husain is a writer, artist, and educator. She co-founded the Bookgroup in 1988 to produce high-quality Urdu books for children. As Director of the Bookgroup from 1997-2001, she led numerous initiatives, including teacher training across Pakistan. She later joined the Children’s Museum for Peace and Human Rights as Head of Activism & Outreach. She has worked with Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, as a Consultant and Team Lead for training potential writers and illustrators. With over 80 children’s books to her name, she has collaborated with publishers like Oxford University Press and has her own JAAl Publications. She writes in Urdu and English, and is also the author of two major coffee-table books about Karachi’s people. Her work has earned awards in Pakistan, India, and Nepal.