Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956) is an Indian writer from
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons. Swaminathan won the 2009
Vodafone Crossword Book Award (Fiction) for ''Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit''.
Bibliography
*1993: ''The True Adventures of Prince Teentang''
*1994: ''Dattatray's Dinosaur and Other Stories''
*1997: ''Cryptic Death''
*2000: ''Ordinary Mr Pai Two Urban Fairy Tales''
*2002: ''The Weekday Sisters''
*2002: ''Gavial Avial''
*2003: ''Ambrosia for Afters''
*2003: ''Jaldi's Friends''
*2006: ''The Page Three Murders''
*2006: ''Bougainvillea House''
*2007: ''The Gardener's Song''
*2009: ''Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit''
*2010: ''The Monochrome Madonna''
A crisp page turner
''Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Print ...
''. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
*2012: ''I Never Knew It Was You''
*2013: ''The Secret Gardner''
*2017: ''Greenlight''
Awards and honors
*2009: Vodafone Crossword Book Award, winner, ''Venus Crossing''
*2010: The Hindu Best Fiction Award
''The Hindu'' Literary Prize or ''The Hindu'' Best Fiction Award, established in 2010, is an Indian literary award sponsored by ''The Hindu Literary Review'' which is part of the newspaper ''The Hindu''. It recognizes Indian works in English an ...
, shortlist, ''Venus Crossing''
References
External links
Experimental Writer, by Sitanshi Talati-Parikh, Verve Online, September 2007
Black, White, and Grey: Exclusive interview with 'The Monochrome Madonna' author Kalpana Swaminathan, by Arun Kale, Helter Skelter Magazine, June 2010
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English-language writers from India
Living people
1956 births