Danielle Burby

Literary Agent

Danielle became an agent at NLA in January 2017. Previously, she was an agent at HSG Agency and interned at top literary agencies and publishers such as Writer's House and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, among others. She graduated from Hamilton College…

Javed Akhtar

Bollywood Lyricist | Screen writer of Mega blockbusters | Poet

Javed Akhtar needs no introduction to Indians, but a few lines for the benefit of our non-Indian members and visitors; Mr. Akhtar or Javed Bhai (as he is affectionately addressed; ‘Bhai’ is used for elder brother) is a very acclaimed…

Damian Horner

(Brand Development Director, Hachette Publishers UK)

Damian Horner began in advertising. Set up an agency and won a load of awards. Sold the agency and went travelling. He freelanced for ten years as a marketing strategist for top brands, likes of Microsoft. Came back to the UK…

Chitra Devararuni

She is an award-winning and bestselling author, poet, activist and teacher of writing. Her work has been published in over 50 magazines, including the Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, and her writing has been included in over 50 anthologies, including The…

Alexander McNabb

Alexander McNabb has been working as a journalist, editor and magazine publisher in the Middle East for some 30 years. Today he consults on media, publishing and digital communications. Alexander's first serious novel was the critically acclaimed Olives - A…

Ashwin Sanghi

Ashwin Sanghi ranks among India’s highest selling English fiction authors. He has written several bestsellers (The Rozabal Line, Chanakya’s Chant, The Krishna Key, The Sialkot Saga, Keepers of the Kalachakra) and two New York Times bestselling crime thrillers with James…

Manu Pillai

Manu S Pillai is the shortlisted author of First International Young Author Awards. He is the author of the award-winning The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore (HarperCollins). Formerly Chief of Staff to Dr Shashi Tharoor MP, he's…

Anees Salim

Anees is an award-winning Indian Author who works for an Advertising Agency. His works which have been nominated / won awards are - Vanity Bagh, The Small Town Sea and The Bling Lady’s Descendants.

William J Bruce III

Zafar Anjum

Zafar Anjum is a writer, publisher and a filmmaker who lives and works in Singapore. He has been published in India, the US, the UK, Singapore and other countries. His most recent works include Kafka in Ayodhya and Other Short…

Laurence O’Bryan

In 2007 he won the Outstanding Novel submitted award at the Southern California writer’s conference. He is a member of the Irish Writing Centre, two “live” writing groups in Dublin and online writing communities in England and the States. His…

Lynn Michell

She spends her days writing, editing manuscripts, marketing Linen Press books and moving rocks around the French landscape that holds up her house. She believes, in a previous life she was an academic in a medical sociology unit but ME…

Vinitha Ramchandani

Vinitha Ramchandani is an editor, storyteller and published author of more than 18 books for children. Four of her stories are part of the English school curriculum in both the CBSE and ICSE Boards. Two of her stories are being made…

Mita Kapur

Mita Kapur is the founder and CEO of Siyahi, India’s leading literary consultancy. She also conceptualises and produces literary festivals and events. Her first book, The F-Word, is a food book, memoir and travelogue. She has edited Chillies and Porridge:…

Shambhu Sahu

Shambhu Sahu is a journalist-turned-book publisher based in New Delhi. During his 12+ years' stint in print media, he worked with leading media organizations like The Times of India, PTI, and The Indian Express and wrote primarily on Hindi cinema. He also edited the "IFFI Daily", on behalf of Directorate of Film…

Ananya Sharma

Ananya Sharma is a publishing professional and an upcoming writer. With eight years of experience, she has worked with reputed publishing houses including Rupa Publications, Pearson and Ratna Sagar. Ananya is likely to bring out her first collection of poetry…

Kanishka Gupta

He is just 33 years old and is by far the youngest agent working in South Asia. In 2009, he was the youngest author on the long-list of the Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel History Of Hate. But…

Arup Bose

Born and brought up in Delhi, Arup’s association with books and publishing has been since childhood. After working as a Risk Consultant and Mitigation expert for a leading Insurer, he decided to hang up his boots and enter the world…

Manju Ramanan

An absolute delight to meet every single time, this warm, talented and very vibrant lady, tucked with her M Phil degree and 16 years of experience in journalism rocks in Dubai. She is the former Group Editor of Femina and…

Tabish Khair

He is the author of various acclaimed books, including the studies, Babu Fictions and The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness, the novels, The Bus Stopped (2004), which was shortlisted for the Encore Award (UK) and The Thing About Thugs (2010), which…

Sabyn Javeri – Author

Born in Pakistan but now lives between London and Karachi, where she teaches Creative Writing at the university level. A graduate of the University of Oxford, she has a PhD from the University of Leicester. Her short stories have been…

Preeti Shenoy – Author

Preeti Shenoy has been named as the highest selling woman writer and among the top five highest selling authors in India.  She has written 8 books and her work has been translated into many languages.

Padma Shri Keki Daruwala – Author | Poet

Keki Daruwalla is a major Indian poet and writer in English. He has written over 12 books. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, in 1984 for his poetry collection, The Keeper of the Dead, by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s…

PG Bhaskar – Author

P.G.Bhaskar is an Author who writes humor but you cannot tell that by looking at him. 'Personality' too can be deceptive is what I learned when I met him. Maybe something to do with his long stint in a serious…

Sanil Sanchar – Author

Sanil Sachar is a 25-year-old national best-selling author, entrepreneur, investor, columnist, movie producer, motivational speaker and leadership coach based in New Delhi. He is one of the few writers in India to be published with over 120 works of poetry,…

Vedant Bahri – Author

Vedant Bahri is the First International Young Author Awards - Shortlisted Author. This is the debut book of this 19-year-old Delhi-based foodie and a fitness freak. His life so far has weaved around his passion for food… and a lot…

Nikita Singh – Author

Nikita Singh is the bestselling author of ten novels, including Every Time It Rains and Like a Love Song. She is also a contributing writer to The Backbenchers series and the editor of two collections of short stories, 25 Strokes…

Lipika Bhushan – Book Marketing Specialist (Founder – MarketMyBook)

An award-winning senior marketing and publicity professional, Lipika Bhushan heads MarketMyBook, a leading publicity and digital marketing agency for writers and publishers. She is a poet and also contributes as an industry expert to various publications.

Raghav Chandra – Author

Author of 'Scent of a Game’ and 'Kaali’s Daughter’, this former Secretary, Government of India is the President of The Society for Culture and Environment and the Director of Bhopal Literature Festival.