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Born and raised in Kolkata, Sonia has lived and worked in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Jakarta, Miami, Brussels, Johannesburg, and Singapore. With home being everywhere and nowhere, her belief in the power of the moment became a religion. An affirmation that unexpected and undeniable human connections are everything. Meanwhile, on the work front, she spent a huge chunk of her life, her days, and sleepless nights, in advertising—writing ads for all things from coffee and cars to condoms and candy—while dreaming of morphing 30-second commercials to full-length feature films. Not surprisingly, she threw caution, and her full-time job as creative director, to the winds and embarked on a riveting rejection-filled screenwriting journey in the US. Finally her day job entails writing movies! In a recent, delightful plot twist, her debut novel, The Spectacular Miss, was optioned by a leading Bollywood studio and she was commissioned to write the screenplay. Sonia writes and re-writes in Singapore wh...

Ratna Vira holds a masters degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as a masters in English Literature from St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. She also holds an MBA. She is the daughter of senior journalist, Nalini Singh, and SPN Singh. Ratna juggles her corporate career with her writing and love of art. She lives in Gurgaon with her daughter and son, where she is at work on her second novel. Books by Ratna Vira It's Not About You Daughter By Court Order

Priya Sarukkai Chabria is an Indian poet and novelist writing in English.She is the author of ″Not Springtime Yet″ (Harper Collins, India) and ″Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess″ (Zubaan Books, India), and editor of poetry at Sangam.Chabria, with poet Ravi Shankar, translated the songs of 8th century Tamil poet Aandaal in her book Andal: The Autobiography of A Goddess. The book won the 2017 Muse India translation award at the Hyderabad Literary Festival. Books by Priya Sarukkai Chabria Not Springtime Yet Fafnir's Heart: World Poetry in Translation Calling Over Water Generation 14 Clone

Sathya Saran is a Consulting Editor with HarperCollins Publishers India and teaches fashion journalism at NIFT. Author of the bestselling biographies of Guru Dutt and S.D. Burman, her most recent publications include Knot for Keeps: Writing the Modern Marriage (HarperCollins India, 2018). Winner of the Roshni TIA Inspirational Woman Award 2018 aside from several other national awards, Sathya was also editor of the first women's magazine of India, Femina, for twelve years. Books by Sathya Saran The Dark Side and Other Stories Night train and other stories Stories From Hampi House From Me to You Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey Breath of Gold: Hariprasad Chaurasia How to Look Like Miss India TEA OF LIFE: Stories from the Goodricke Gardens

Siddharth Dasgupta, inspired by The Little Prince at the age of seven, resolved to explore and experience the horizons of the universe when he grew up. He appears to have come good on that promise, combining travel with cultural immersion and contributing regularly to aesthetic magazines and travel journals alike.Siddhartha’s fiction is infused with travel details, imbued in lyricism and magic realism and enriched by a meditative touch. His first work of fiction, Letters from an Indian Summer, was published in 2014. This is his second book. Books by Siddharth Dasgupta The Sacred Sorrow of Sparrows: A Collection of Lives Letters from an Indian Summer

Akshay Tyagi lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and daughters. Trained as an engineer, he has worked for corporate America for over two decades before starting on his own. Despite being away from India for so many years, he has always kept close watch on political development and associated anecdotal intrigues, which inspired him to share his fictionalized version of political mysteries.  Books by Akshay Tyagi  Earning Passive Income in Single Tenant Commercial Real Estate: Step-by-step guide for passive investors to invest in Single Tenant Commercial properties The Lambs of Delhi THE CAPITAL CONSPIRACY

Anubhav Shrivastava completed a degree in Engineering before the writing bug struck him. His first book 'One Last Time' was released when he was twenty-three years old and was an instant bestseller.His blog Quintessentialthought.org reflects his core philosophy on various subjects. He is an active meditator and is enthusiastic about movies, fitness and good food.He has previously been invited as a speaker at TEDx & in various literature fests and colleges like BITS Pilani, ISB Hyderabad, Cambridge, IIT Kanpur, etc. Books by Anubhav Shrivastava The Search Within