Lorato Trok is a South African children’s-literature specialist with over 20 years’ experience in writing, translation, editing and early-literacy promotion. She has authored children’s picture books and young-adult nonfiction biographies in English and Setswana, and has been instrumental in developing multilingual reading-for-enjoyment materials for children across South Africa and beyond. In May 2024 she was appointed Director of the Nal’ibali Trust, South Africa’s country-wide reading-promotion campaign, underscoring her leadership role in the literacy sector.