Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent, is an eminent contemporary writer. He prolifically authored inspiring children’s books and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award to honor his work of literature. Born on May 19, 1934, in Kasauli, India, he was the son of Edith Clarke and Aubrey Bond. He lives with his adopted family…
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Exclusive Interview with Alka Dimri Saklani, Author of ‘Beyond Secrets’
Alka Dimri Saklani is the author of “45 Days in a Cancer Hospital”, “Beyond Secrets” and “A Promise That Changed Everything”. Her debut novel “45 Days in a Cancer Hospital” was longlisted for Crossword Books Award 2013. Writing is her first love, the love that seized her when she was just 8. She holds MBA…
Exclusive Interview with Pinar Tarhan, Author of ‘Making A Difference (M.A.D.)’
Pinar Tarhan is a novelist, screenwriter, freelance writer, and blogger. She has been creating worlds and stories for as long as she can remember. She run the writing blog Addicted to Writing which aims to help writers who create both fiction and non-fiction. Her first novel, Making A Difference (M.A.D.) is a contemporary lighthearted comedy set…
Exclusive Interview with Priyanka Agarwal, Author of ‘PiKu & ViRu’
Priyanka Agarwal was born in Mumbai to a businessman father and lawyer-turned-homemaker mother. A B.Com graduate, her first tryst with professional writing began in 2007 for JLT (Just Like That), a youth-focused publication by the Times of India group. Later, she gave up her MBA dream to work for three years each in the editorial departments of Spenta…
Exclusive Interview with Shree, Author of ‘Daffodil: Blooming Beyond the Season’
Shree from Houston, TX, is an IT Pro turned author / poetess since 2015. Her works include short stories collection ‘Secret Expressions: Two Stories’, novella ‘Silent Invaders’, which has entered the quarter finals of Screencraft Cinematic Story (for Hollywood) Contest 2017, and Bengali poetry book ‘Onuronon’, released in International Kolkata Book Fair 2018. Her latest…
Exclusive Interview with Devika Das, Author of ‘The Mind Game’
Devika Das is an award-winning author and actor. She pursues her passion for writing and theatre in Hyderabad. Her title ‘The Mind Game’ is a national bestseller and is now available at bookstores in London. She has recently published a Hindi short story ‘Meghna’ with Blue Rose Publishers. She has won the National Award for…
Exclusive Interview with Payel Bhattacharya, Author of ‘A Warrior Dies Dancing That’s Who I am…: A Survival Story’
Payel Bhattacharya is a patient of rare diseases like VHL and trigeminal neuralgia and MDR tuberculosis and cancer survivor with one eyed vision because of multiple brain tumors. She is also an author. Her struggle in life led her to write the novel “Midnight-a thrilling novel”. Her autobiographical fictional account has been published by Sahitya Akademi, but…
Exclusive Interview with Stuti Changle, Author of ‘on the open road’
A minimalist at heart, with every passing day, she finds herself moving farther from the never-ending quest of owning material possessions and a step closer to owning a vast ocean of experiences. In 2016, at twenty-three, she packed a rucksack and left Mumbai, in search of her true identity. She met people with extraordinary stories…
Exclusive Interview with Preethi Venugopala, Author of ‘The Princess and the Superstar’
Preethi Venugopala is a civil engineer turned writer and a popular blogger from Bangalore. She has written four Amazon bestselling novels till now including ‘Without You’, ‘A Royal Affair’, ‘His Sunshine Girl’ and ‘The Princess and the Superstar’. Her short stories have been published on Juggernaut books, Womenweb, and in various anthologies. She is also…
Interview with Irwin Allan Sealy ~ Padma Shri Award Winner Novelist
Irwin Allan Sealy, born 1951 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India is a writer whose novel The Everest Hotel: A Calendar was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker prize. His first novel The Trotter Nama was published in 1988 and tells the story of seven generations of an Anglo-Indian family. He received several awards one of which is…