Meet the Authors
Sonal Sachdev Patel
Sonal Sachdev Patel is a British Indian author, CEO of her family’s charitable foundation and a lifelong student of yoga and meditation. Sonal believes in the power of spirituality to enrich parenting. She is the co-parent to two strong young women and one spirited puppy.
A graduate of Cambridge University and Bain & Company alum. Sonal is also the co-author of best selling Gita: The Battle of the Worlds published by Harper Collins, which brings the messages of the ancient Hindu text the Bhagwad Gita to children everywhere. Published in English, Portuguese and Thai languages, the reach of the book is growing fast.
Sonal now leads GMSP Foundation, her family’s philanthropic organisation that supports grassroots charities in the UK and India in spiritual solidarity with values of love, trust and humility. She is the Philanthropist in Residence at London School of Economics and a strategic advisor in the social impact sector. She was awarded the 2019 Influencer Award by DSC Awards for her work in social change.
AM Johnson
AM Johnson is a Canadian writer and brand narrative consultant. She lives in London with her family and her very own magic telephone.
A former journalist, AM is now Associate Partner at the world’s largest independent design agency, Pentagram, where she leads the studio’s Brand Narrative work. Her clients include the world’s most respected (and best-communicating) brands including Amnesty International, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The New York Times, Google and The V&A family of museums. She has written for global business leaders, philanthropists and a former US President (not that one). She is also Editor-in-Chief of Do The Green Thing and the creator of Man-Made Disaster, a global art-project-as-argument demonstrating patriarchy’s role in accelerating climate change.
Why we wrote
The Little Wave and Other Stories
We wrote this book in part for our own children and for ourselves, imagining and then bringing to the page the stories to comfort, support and guide in moments of worry, hurt and heartbreak.
Even though death is the only certainty in life, we have seen time and time again how unprepared we are for the loss of the people we love most, and the pain of the grief that follows. It’s a universal and unifying human experience - and yet we try to keep it from children.
All our children deserve happy, carefree childhoods. But loss is a part of life and it’s not something we can always protect them from. With this book, we want to give children and families the tools they need to understand, anticipate and grow from grief.