Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.
Roald Dahl was a beloved British author, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot, best known for his enchanting and often darkly humorous children's books that have captivated generations of rea…
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when …
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her themes include the Indian experience, contemporary America, women, immigration, history, myth, and the joys and challenges of living…
Anita Nair is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the novels The Better Man, Ladies Coupé, Mistress, Lessons in Forgetting, Idris: Keeper of the Light and Alphabet Soup for Lovers. She …
Paro Anand is the author of 18 books for children and young adults, including plays, short stories, novellas and novels. She is also published in several anthologies and has written extensively on chi…
Madhulika Liddle is best known for her books featuring the 17th century Mughal detective Muzaffar Jang, although she is also a prolific writer of short fiction, travel writing, and writing related to …
Arefa Tehsin is the author of 20+ books (publisher Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, National Book Trust etc), both for children and adults, and contributes columns, features and travel articles to…
Vibha Batra is an author, advertising consultant, graphic novelist, poet, lyricist, translator, travel writer, playwright, translator and columnist. Her published books include: The Secret Life of Deb…
Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিৎ রায়) was an Indian filmmaker and author of Bengali fiction and regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Beng…
Shabnam Minwalla writes books for children. These include: `The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street' `The Strange Haunting of Model High School' `The Shy Supergirl' `Lucky Girl' `What Maya Saw' `Nimmi's Specta…
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and came to Buddhism at the San Francisco Zen Center. I received monastic training at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and returned there to cook for the guests du…
Andie Powers is a writer for children. Her debut picture book, I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us, was released in 2022 with Bala Kids. It was a Goodreads Choice award nominee for Best…
Stuti Changle is a national bestselling author and speaker whose words have inspired an entire generation of readers to chase their dreams. Leaving behind a corporate career, she set out on a journey …
Banu Mushtaq (ಬಾನು ಮುಷ್ತಾಕ್, born 1948) is an activist, lawyer and writer from the southern Indian state of Karnataka. She writes in the Kannada language and her works have also been published in Urdu…
Lana Sabarwal is a novelist, an economist, and a Agatha Christie disciple. Her day job is in international development, where she writes about issues adolescents face. Her work has been downloaded mor…
