Meet the Author
Anoopreet Kaur Rehncy is an author and activist whose work braids together ancestral wisdom, identity reclamation, and social justice.
She founded Rootkeepers as both a laboratory for cultural preservation and a space for diasporic identity and belonging.
Her debut children’s picture book, The Stolen River, extends this work to younger readers, encouraging them to use their voices to create change.
Deeply rooted in her Sikh lineage and Punjabi ancestry, her voice found global resonance during the 2020–21 Farmers’ Protests, where her posts and poetry brought clarity and care to complex environmental issues and overlooked histories.
With a multidisciplinary background in storytelling and brand strategy, she is equipped to translate social issues into engaging and accessible narratives.
Recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and with work featured by the BBC, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, and HuffPost, Anoopreet has emerged as one of the most thoughtful and necessary voices in contemporary culture.
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Meet the Illustrator
Keerat Kaur is a Canadian-born artist of Sikh-Panjabi heritage with a background as an architect. Her multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, writing, music, and design, and is deeply rooted in Sikh philosophy and cultural narratives. She is the author of Panjabi Garden and The Horse Who Fell From The Sky.
“I wanted to work with Keerat to bring The Stolen River to life because she understands the cultural nuance this story required to honour the people and the protest that inspired it. Keerat also grew up far from Punjab, as I did, so she brought extra love and precision to the unique details of a place. Children from my community rarely see themselves drawn this truthfully, and every other child gets a window into a world they may not know about.”