About Shelly

Shelly Anand is the author of acclaimed picture books Laxmi’s Mooch (Kokila/PRH/2021), which was featured on the Today show, NBC News, and in Glamour magazine, and I Love My Body Because (Simon & Schuster/2022), a 2023 Rise Honoree. Shelly's third picture book, entitled IN THIS FAMILY from Simon & Schuster, came out this past May 2024 and has been celebrated as " a rich and inviting portrait of a loving multiracial family" by Kirkus Reviews. Shelly is also an immigrant and labor rights attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her BA from Wellesley College and her JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. She lives in Georgia with her husband and two children.