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NAW Interview With Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich is a bestselling author and ranks among the top authors. She was placed No. 79 on Forbes’ list of The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities, with earnings running into millions.   NAW-When did your literary journey begin? At what age did…

NAW Interview With Vineetha Mokkil

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Vineetha Mokkil is a writer based in New Delhi, India. Her short stories have been published in Santa Fe Writers Project Journal and Why We Don’t Talk, and in the Asia Writes Project. Her debut work- “A Happy Place” was published by Harper Collins. It…

NAW Interview With Lucinda Riley

Lucinda Riley

Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland and during her childhood, she travelled extensively abroad, particularly to the Far East. Moving to drama school in London, she became an actress, working in film, theatre and television. At twenty-four, she wrote her first novel,…

Book Review- More Men on My Mind, Radha Thomas

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More Men on My Mind has a very glossy eye catching cover which appeals to the eye. So does the text. Radha Thomas has skilfully treaded the thin line between voyeuristic pleasure and a literary novel. I think she has stumbled…

NAW Interview With Don and Cathy Rush

Don and Cathy Rush

Don and Cathy Rush have written and self-published five illustrated storybooks including Robby’s Quest for Seed, Robby’s Quest: Ocean Bound, Robby’s Quest: Return of the Cat, Robby’s Quest: Thrills and Chills and Hershey Learns a lesson. They have two daughters,…

NAW Interview with Lauren Francis Sharma

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Lauren Francis Sharma was born in New York City to Trinidadian immigrants and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature with a minor in African-American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from…

NAW Interview with Nadia Hashimi

Nadia Hashimi

Nadia Hashimi was born and raised in New York and New Jersey. Both her parents were born in Afghanistan and left in the early 1970s, before the Soviet invasion. Nadia works as a pediatrician in Maryland. The The Pearl That Broke Its…

NAW Interview with Madhuri Iyer

Madhuri Iyer

Madhuri Iyer is a writer and artist currently based in Mumbai. She began her career in Mumbai as an advertising visualiser. Her latest published work is Manhattan Mango. NAW- Please give me your bio in brief highlighting your published works till…

NAW Interview with Janice Pariat

Jancie Pariat

Janice Pariat is the author of Boats on Land, which won the Crossword Book Award for Fiction and the Young Writers’ Award from the Sahitya Akademi in 2013. She writes cultural features for a wide number of magazines and edits…

NAW Interview with Paritosh Uttam

Paritosh Uttam

Paritosh Uttam is a software engineer by profession but has also forayed into literature. His novel ‘Dreams in Prussian Blue’ published by Penguin India was also adapted into a Malyalam film.  NAW-  How long have you been writing? What made…

NAW Interview with Ovidia Yu

Ovidia Yu

Ovidia Yu is one of Singapore’s best-known and most acclaimed writers. She has had more than thirty plays produced and is also the author of a number of mysteries that have been published in Singapore and India. NAW-  How long…