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Zuni Chopra is an Indian author best known for her novel The House That Spoke. She has authored two books of poetry as well. Zuni is the daughter of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and journalist Anupama Chopra. One of her poems titled, The Mountain Range that talked about the exam pressure on the students, was well received in the Indian media. She is set to major in creative writing in Stanford University in September 2019.Zuni was shortlisted for Young Author Awards 2018. Books by Zuni Chopra The Land of Dreams Painting with Words The Island of the Day Before The House That Spoke

Milan Vohra is best known as India's first Mills & Boon author. Her first book 'The Love Asana'(Harlequin,2010) was a mega best seller in India and abroad. Her second book 'Tick-tock we're 30', (Westland 2013) was another hugely popular romcom and has recently been acquired by a biggie studio for screen adaptation. Books by Milan Vohra Catch of the day: A little story about a little master The Love Asana Head Over Heels Tick-tock, We're 30 THE CALL: One night. One irrevocable decision. Our Song Mates, Dates & Double Takes: Three first-love stories

 Prayaag Akbar an Indian journalist and novelist. He is the former deputy editor of Scroll.in and was a reporter for Outlook magazine.He has written for publications including Indian Express and Caravan, covering issues of caste, class, and politics.Akbar studied economics at Dartmouth College and comparative politics at the London School of Economics, and spent a year at Routledge as a publicity assistant.His father is M.J. Akbar, former Minister of State for External Affairs. Book by Prayaag Akbar Leila

 Sadia Dehlvi (1957 – 5 August 2020) was a Delhi-based activist, writer and a columnist with the daily newspaper, the Hindustan Times, and frequently published in Frontline and Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers and magazines.She was a devotee of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz of Ajmer and Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. She criticised radical interpretations of Islam and called for a pluralistic understanding of Islam. She produced and scripted documentaries and television programs, including Amma and Family (1995), starring Zohra Sehgal, a veteran stage actor. Books by Sadia Dhelvi The Sufi Courtyard: Dargahs Of Delhi Jasmine and Jinns Sufism: Heart Of Islam

Rajni Bakshi is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist and author. She writes about social and political movements in contemporary India.She was formerly the Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. Her journalism has appeared in many English and Hindi newspapers and magazines.Bakshi attended school in Kingston, Jamaica, Indraprastha College (Delhi), George Washington University (Washington D.C.) and Rajasthan University (Jaipur). Books by Rajni Bakshi Bapu Kutir Bazaars, Conversations & Freedom: for a market culture beyond greed and fear

Jenny Bhatt is an Indian-American writer, literary translator, and literary critic. She is the author of a short story collection, Each of Us Killers, and a literary translation, Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. She is also the host of the Desi Books podcast.Bhatt was born in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, and grew up in Mumbai. She did most of her high school at Kimmins High School in Panchgani, Maharashtra. She attended the University of Hertfordshire in England as an engineering undergraduate. Thereafter, she worked in Germany, England,Scotland, and the United States at various multi-national corporations until 2012. Books by Jenny Bhatt The Golden Amulet Each of Us Killers

Samit Basu (born 14 December 1979) is an Indian novelist and filmmaker whose body of work includes science fiction, fantasy and superhero novels, children's books, graphic novels, short stories, and a Netflix film. His most recent novel, Chosen Spirits, was shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature. Books by Samit Basu Local Monsters Superhero 7 Science Fiction Stories The Unwaba Revelations The Adventures of Stoob Resistance Turbulence Manticore's Secret Simoqin Prophecies Chosen Spirits

Feroz Rather is a Kashmiri novelist.Feroz Rather studied English literature in New Delhi, worked with Random House, and did his MFA program from California State University Fresno.He is currently a doctoral candidate of creative writing at Florida State University. Book by Feroz Rather  The Night of Broken Glass

Monidipa "Mimi" Mondal is an Indian speculative fiction writer based in New York.She writes in many genres, including science fiction. Mondal is the co-editor of Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, an anthology of letters and essays, which received a Locus Award in 2018.It has been nominated for a 2018 Hugo Award,and the William Atheling Jr. Award.Mondal is the first writer from India to have been nominated for the Hugo Award.Mondal was born and raised in Kolkata, where her father worked as a West Bengal Civil Services (WBCS) officer and her mother worked at the State Bank of India.  Book by Mimi Mondal His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

Megha Majumdar (born 1987/1988) is an Indian novelist who lives in New York City. Her debut novel, A Burning, was a New York Times best seller.Majumdar was born in Kolkata, India.In 2006, she moved to the United States to study social anthropology at Harvard University.She went on to complete her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, earning a master's degree in anthropology. Books by Megha Majumdar A Burning

Madhuri Vijay is the author of The Far Field, which won the second JCB Prize for literature, India's most prestigious literary award.Vijay was born and grew up in Bangalore, India.In 2009, she graduated from Lawrence University, where she studied psychology and English.After graduation, she received a Watson Fellowship, which took her to South Africa, Malaysia, and Tanzania while studying people from India living in foreign lands.Halfway through the fellowship, she left to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Books by Madhuri Vijay The Far Field

Raghu Karnad is an Indian journalist and writer, and a recipient of the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction.He is the author of Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War which was shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for 2016, and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for a writer in English the same year.[4] His articles and essays have won international awards including the Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize in 2008, the Press Institute of India National Award for Reporting on the Victims of Armed Conflict in 2008, and a prize from the inaugural Financial Times-Bodley Head Essay Competition in 2012. Books by Raghu Karnad Everybody’s Friend Farthest Field