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NAW Interview with Simar Malhotra

Simar Malhotra

Simar Malhotra was born in the Capital city of New Delhi in a Punjabi household. She is currently pursuing her International Baccalaureate Diploma Program from Step by Step International School, Jaipur. Last summer, she attended a course on Shakespeare and…

‘The Second Captive’ (Book Excerpt) by Maggie James

SecondCaptive book cover

Maggie James is a British author who lives in Bristol. She writes psychological suspense novels.Before turning her hand to writing, Maggie worked mainly as an accountant, with a diversion into practising as a nutritional therapist. Diet and health remain high…

NAW Interview with Maggie James

Maggie James

Maggie James is a British author who lives in Bristol. She writes psychological suspense novels.Before turning her hand to writing, Maggie worked mainly as an accountant, with a diversion into practising as a nutritional therapist. Diet and health remain high…

NAW Interview with Chitra Viraraghavan

Chitra Viraraghavan

Chitra Viraraghavan has been an editor at Oxford University Press India and has taught English at university in America. She is currently working as a freelance editor and a textbook writer. The Americans is her first novel. NAW- Tell us…

NAW Interview with Anuja Chandramouli

Anuja Chandramouli

Anuja Chandramouli is the author of Kamadeva: The God of Desire. Her first book Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava was named by Amazon India as one of the top 5 books in Indian writing for the year 2013. Contact her…

NAW Interview with Cathryn Hein

Cathryn Hein

Cathryn Hein was born in South Australia’s rural south-east. With three generations of jockeys in the family it was little wonder she grew up horse mad, finally obtaining her first horse at age 10. So began years of pony club,…

‘A Killer On A Coconut Tree’ by Shruthi Rao

Shruthi - Rao

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Ramayya rolled up the shutters of his tiny shop with an eardrum-shattering noise. He stepped in, touched the cash register and pressed his fingers to his eyes. He…

NAW Interview with Peter Hogenkamp

Peter Hogenkamp

Peter Hogenkamp is a physician and author living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include ABSOLUTION, the first book of The Jesuit thriller series; THE LAZARUS MANUSCRIPT, a stand-alone medical thriller; and The Intern, a serialized novel based loosely on Peter’s internship, published…

‘Shona’ by Sarah George Thengungal

Sarah George Thengungal

Poet’s Bio- Sarah George Thengungal lives and works in London and steals every moment away from her day job as a lawyer to write poetry, fiction and travel writing. Winning ‘The Guardian’ travel writing prize in 2011 inspired her to become a…