Smita Bhattacharya is an author and management consultant based in Mumbai. She has been published in prestigious international magazines such as The Ascent, Lit Up, Litro, The Fem Lit Mag, and eFiction. Strong female protagonists and Agatha Christie-style whodunits are her forte. Her book Dead to Them is (almost) autobiographical in nature—girl in the city, girl in consulting, girl against the big bad world—but with less than half the intrigues its protagonist Moira’s life has.
Smita is an avid traveller and has solo-travelled to over forty countries. She loves to read, watch, and write atmospheric crime mystery thrillers. Learn more about her at www.smitabhattacharya.com.
Prassant was born and raised in Delhi. After his schooling, he pursued his childhood dream and studied Major in Film Direction. Later, he directed a Hindi Feature Film and several Short Films and Music Videos. In the winter of 2013, he finally decided to turn one of his oldest written film screenplays into a full-fledged English Novel.
Mysteries, gruesome crimes, and murders always captivated Kevin and that was perhaps one of the reasons why he spent most of his childhood reading Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or our very own Byomkesh Bakshi. Kevin soon realized that the modern generation who loves reading should get the taste of their own Desi Sherlock Holmes. This inspired him to create a Detective character, Professor Black. Kansa is the first book of the Killer Trilogy marking the debut of Professor Black in the literary world.
Benvin Bajju holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Kerala. An avid reader and Tech enthusiast who loves thrillers. He was an eager reader since childhood and loved books on Science fiction, mythological fiction and the history of India.
He is currently working as an Engineer in ISRO in Kerala. He loves music, movies and travelling.
Rajiv Shah, a Management Consultant, with a penchant for stage and songs, has been a day dreamer. Being a Chartered Accountant with 24 years of management experience, he found his alter ego in writing which led him to write a Romantic Thriller. A big fan of Bollywood, romance and suspense, his first book FOREVER, a combination of the three, was a Bestseller, along with a strong message to the youth on how not to falter in love.
With TreeShade Books, Rajiv is about to publish his next Romantic Thriller FORBIDDEN.
Ruchita Dar Shah started out as an advertising professional working with agencies such as Vyas Giannetti Creative, RK Swamy BBDO and Mudra until 2010 when she took time off to raise her boys. Shortly after, she decided to start a small group on Facebook for new mothers like her. She christened it ‘First Moms Club’, a platform for moms to bond over similar experiences and help one another.
This group evolved into a thriving community, and today connects lakhs of Indian moms across 100 countries. Shah is now popularly known as Chief Mommy Officer of First Moms Club, with an ever-growing presence on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as its own website www.firstmomsclub.in.
Shubhangi Sengupta is a student of Frishti College of Art, Design and Technology and is majoring in Creative Education in Design. She also pursues Visual Communication and Creative Writing.
She has a passion for writing, and has been doing so for years. She was the Secretary of Literary Affairs in the Student Council and has received a Creative Writing Scholarship at a young age. She regularly writes on various blogs and has garnered a young adult following for her writing online.
