Miniature Giants: Insect Stories Beyond The OrdiMiniature Giants: Insect Stories Beyond The Ordinary by Geetha Iyer

Geetha Iyer is an ardent wildlife watcher, naturalist, author, teacher and consultant in the twin fields of education and environment. A zoology graduate with a Ph.D in Education from Madras University, she was a biology teacher for well over 25 years and Head of Sahyadri School, KFI, Pune for three years. She enjoys conducting workshops and giving talks on education, environment and natural history for diverse groups ranging from students, teachers to scientists, nurses and forest guards. An established author of non-fiction works on the natural history of India, her previous books have been published by Harper Collins (2016), Rishi Valley Education Centre (2009) and Orient Blackswan (two books on EE in 2010). She is also the series editor for middle-school science books with Collins India. She observes, reads and researches insects, especially moths on which subject she has also published scientific papers. Geetha lives in the picturesque village of Suchindram with her husband and her dog Simba.