Sarwat Chadda is a New York Times bestselling author of MG and YA who loves writing fantasy and adventure. He has been published in a dozen languages, writing novels such as the Indian mythology-inspired Ash Mistry series and the Shadow Magic series (as Joshua Khan).

His fantasy novel, City of the Plague God, published in the Rick Riordan Presents series, was nominated for a Goodreads award and was one of Amazon's Best Books of 2021. His most recent in the series, Fury of the Dragon Goddess, received a starred review from Kirkus.