Annika P SinghAnnika Singh is a sixteen-year-old self-published author of the novel Marionette from Austin, Texas. She's a picture-perfect-romance fanatic and watches the world through an idyllic lens. Annika has won first place in both the PBS kids writing compettion and at her Badgerdog writing camp. And when she's not busy writing or reading love stories, she's practicing Howl's Moving Castle on the piano, coding a game with Python, or preparing for a Bharatnatyam-Indian classical style-dance performance. (Unsurprisingly, her favorite dance is a reenactment of two deities falling in love). Annika also has a knack for politics and debate and has won first and second place at tournaments. She's president of her Government program club and has won first place in three separate years during the club's state-wide conferences. In 2023, she was selected to participate in "Off the Shelf: Book Challenges, Bans and Promoting Inclusive Literature," a panel discussion hosted by the Anti-Defamation League and American Association of School Librarians. She combines social advocacy and romance into her first-ever novel, Marionette, reflecting two out of three of her most favorite things! (The third would be her precious maltipoo puppy, Shairoo.) Read More Read Less