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Anisha Basu Choudhury from West Bengal - Anisha is a Class 12 student. She loves writing and has been previously published in School magazines.

Abita Seshadri from Vishakhapatnam, AP, India - Dr Abitha Seshadri is an Endodontist by training and currently on a long sabbatical from her job as she is busy bringing up her 2 years old son. Language has been a passion at home since time immemorial and she has been writing poems right from the age of 8 or so. Of late she has ventured into writing short stories in order to tighten her sense of prose. Someday she plans to publish the 40 odd poems(in 2 bound diaries) that she has penned down at various stages of her life, some painful and some delightful. At present she spends her time watching her son grow up and improving her writing skills.

Ananya Sarkar from Kolkata, India - Ananya Sarkar is a short story writer, book reviewer and poet of sorts from Kolkata. Her work has been published in The Times of India, Muse India, Woman’s Era, New Woman, 4indianwoman, Children’s World, Kids WorldFun, Induswomanwriting, Conversations Across Borders, Indian Ruminations, Earthen Lamp Journal, Spark and The Madras Mag.

She won the first prize in both the Story Writing Contest by the American Library, Kolkata as part of the Fiction Festival 2008; and Induswomanwriting Poetry Contest, 2012. She was also a prize winner in the LoudReview Review Writing Competition, 2012 and Writers’ HQ Story Competition, 2016. She was longlisted for the Wordweavers Flash Fiction Competition 2014 and the Wordweavers Short Fiction Competition 2015. Ananya has also interviewed writers C.Y.Gopinath, Swapna Dutta, Kavita Kane and Richa Wahi, and accessibility consultant Shivani Gupta.

Apart from reading and writing, Ananya loves to go for long walks, stargaze and imagine the seemingly impossible. She has a portal for gifting children customized stories – www.kidsownstory.com

Atul Sharma from Chandigarh, India - Atul's blog - lifelongstolive.blogspot.com

Avishek Gupta from Kolkata, India - Avishek Gupta is involved in Technical Communication in a leading IT organisation. He is a Post Graduate in Mass Communication from Jadavpur University and a Graduate in Economics from the Calcutta University. He is into creative writing right from his childhood days. Apart from stories and poems, Avishek enjoys writing film reviews. His reviews have been published in HT City and got awarded twice. He also directed a short film on child labor during his post-graduation course. His other hobbies include photography, playing computer games, social networking, and spending time with his family. You can follow him on his blog - http://dreamsexpressionsemotions.blogspot.com

Anita R. Belagodu from Bangalore, India - By profession, Anita is a Clinical Psychologist, and by passion she has written several poems for various magazines and journals, Recipients of Best Poet of the year 2003 Award by Poets International and Pratibha Puraskar Award 2006 from Karnataka, won Poetry in Motion Contest 2001,published a book of poems "Ambert Lit" and contributed towards anthology of poems "Mosaic".

Ambika Ananth from Bangalore, India - Ambika Ananth is a bilingual writer, poet, translator and a creative writer in English and Telugu, with published work in genres like poetry, translations and short stories. She is on the panel of the translators of Dravidian University. She is a freelance journalist contributing to 'Deccan Herald' and a language book-reviewer for THE HINDU and also reviews books for the Journal of 'Indian Literature' of Central Sahitya Akademi. She is currently the Chief Editor of Museindia, a literary web journal (www.museindia.com). She is on the Editorial Board of few literary journals. She is the Academic Council Member of The School of Planning and Architecture, HRD, Govt of India. She lives in Bangalore and can be contacted at ambika.ananth@gmail.com.

A. Annapurna Sharma from Vijayawada, AP - Annapurna Sharma is a children's author. With a Masters in Food Science and Nutrition and a decade long stint as a lecturer, she juggles between a myriad of aims and encumbrances’. Her multitasking ranges from hinting health tips to family and friends; impulsive blogging and browsing; blissful reading and weaving stories and tending to her lovely rose plants. Passionate about children’s books, she has published her first children's e-book, "RAINY FLIES TO THE INDIAN OCEAN." With a Writers Bureau Diploma in Creative Writing, she is a consistent contributor to various online portals and a small achievement worth mentioning in Women’s Era and Readers Digest. Her short stories and poems have appeared on induswomanwriting and writespace. Currently working on the next Rainy series and also working on a collection of short stories to be released soon. Experience a slice of her penning at – www.myoutlook1.blogspot.com

Aastha Rudra from Goa, India - Aastha is a stay-at-home mom of a 2-year old. She has a degree in Management and worked as a Lecturer in a college. Her urge to write has brought her here to write a short story. She writes to let go so that the inner writer in her can be at peace.

Anjali Punia from Bahadurgarh, India - Anjali is a Delhi University Economic Honors student who writes because of her passion for poetry and story writing. At present she is struggling for recognition of her work.

Anita Bhattacharjee from Delhi, India - Anita has done Masters in English. Since 2007, she has been working with IBM as customer care executive. Prior to that, she has worked as an English teacher in a reputed English medium school for four years. She loves reading novels and writing and editing. She is also looking forward for opportunities to work as freelance writer.

Abinaya Natesan from Chennai, India - An engineering graduate having a passion for books & arts, taking minor steps in writing.

Ashwini Parmar from Glendora, USA - Ashwini was born and raised in Ahmedabad, India moved to Los Angeles, California in 2008 for further studies in Healthcare Management. She completed her Bachelor's in Ayurvedic Medicine from Bhavnagar. She also has BA in Indian Classical music. Currently, she lives in California, works at a hospital as a Quality Manager. Her passion for writing began at the age of ten, wrote a few poems in school. Currently, she is writing a book and occasionally writes short stories.

Akanksha B from Odisha, India - Akanksha is barely nineteen. Loves literature. Genetic engineer in the making.

Anjana Negi from Mumbai, India - Anjana is a homemaker and interested in creative writing. She has two lovely children and is very happy with her job of bringing them up. But she wants to do something creative and satisfying in life. Story writing is the most joy giving and wonderful hobby as you can share your thoughts and experiences with others and this particular site is a good platform to accomplish this.

Aditi Talapatra from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India - Aditi is a postgraduate in Political Science, but she is more interested in teaching underprivileged students at Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Vivekananda's ancestral house in Kolkata. She has travelled a lot with her husband and based on the experiences of those travels she writes her short stories.

Anjali Bhavan from Delhi, India - Anjali is an eighteen-year-old girl from Delhi. She has been writing stories since she was six years old, and has won a couple of awards – second prize in the Span Blog Writing Contest organized by the US Embassy, and Grand Prize in the iGenius Young Authors’ Hunt. She is a professionally trained Bharatanatyam dancer and guitarist, and aspires to be a writer and researcher. She believes that every person has a story, however insignificant they may be. She is fascinated by the myriad complexities of humanity, and loves meeting people and getting to know the stories of their lives.

Anoop Pandey from Mumbai, India - Anoop is an ECE and belong to U.P, India. Currently he resides in Mumbai preparing for UPSC examinations. He is also interested in writing as a hobby. Besides, he also loves to read books and play chess, and cricket.

Anjali Sharma from Delhi, India - Anjali is a teacher on a sabbatical, making most of her time by scribbling here and there.

Anupreet Sidhu from Seattle, USA - Anu lives in Seattle, Washington, a rainy city in America known for their numerous Starbucks and rain jackets. She has always written as a child. Soon, she will travel to Punjab where her family is from to live with her grandparents for two months. Anu would like to develop her writing, getting inspiration from her village of Chahalpur. She is inspired by the world around her.

Dr. Ashok K Chhabra from Hisar, Haryana, India - Dr. Ashok is Principal Scientist (Plant Breeder and Plant Biotechnologist) by profession for last 32 years in a University; National Award winner and won 4 gold medals in Plant Breeding and Genetics; Best Faculty Award at State level and Best Teacher award winner. Doctorate in Plant Breeding and Post Doctorate in Plant Biotechnology from Texas, USA. He has published several books and research papers in international and national journals of repute. Also published 640 presentations on authorstream.com of which 27 are being used for teaching purpose in USA. http://www.authorstream.com/chhabra61

Aruna Kiran, J from Bhopal, India - Aruna is a student currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. She fell in love with books when she was a precocious, rambunctious 7 year old. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but she finds it in words. All in all, she is a bibliophile who loves to devour books.

Ankita Menon, Hoshiarpur, India - Ankita is currently pursuing M.Phil in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru university. She did her masters in Sociology from the same university. She has taught as an Assistant Professor in G.N.D.U College Amritsar, Punjab.

She has keen interest in issue of Child Abuse and feminist issues in general and has presented papers in International conferences as well.

Arbaj Ali from Kolkata, India - Arbaj is a Short story lover. Writing is a hobby turned passion. Eventually, the perks of being a engineer.

Arjoyita Roy from Durgapur, West Bengal, India - Arjoyita is a student of Masters in English Literature and an aspiring writer with an insight to let women fight shy the burning social issues in the name of culture and stop being ever enduring and subservient to masculine caprice, Besides writing she likes photo-editing and dog-training.

Aparna Prabhu from Mangalore, India - Aparna is a 3rd year Engineering student. For her, reading is happiness and writing is therapy. She has been published in various online platforms/print magazines like Indian Ruminations, Induswomanwriting, Paperless Postcards, Womansera, Cross Wheels etc.

Aditi Sarmah from Pune, India - Aditi is a 7-year old girl. (Her mother submits her stories).

Anupom Kumar Hazarika from Guwahati, India - Born and raised in Golaghat(a district of Assam) Anupom Kumar Hazarika is pursuing M.Phil at Gauhati University. He has started publishing his poems in dailies since 2016. Things that do not capture the attention of many become his source of inspiration and he likes to experiment with the subject matter of poetry.

Annesha Pramanik, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India - Annesha is a working professional who enjoys delving into the depths of books, art and music in her free time. True to her name which derives from the verb “to search”, she is curious about people, places, cultures and food. When not travelling she loves to experiment with food. Savour a sample of her recipes at her blog: http://healthyandquickrecipe.com/

Anju Chandna from Noida, India - Anju always wanted to write and was always looking for stories to tell. At 49, she realized that one doesn't need to look for stories. Our lives and those of everyone around is a story unfolding everyday just waiting to be told. So her stories are her own experiences and of the people she knows.

Akira Maeno from New Delhi, India - Akira is a student of History who aspires to be a poet/writer. As a teenager, she had one of her poems published in the magazine, Children's World.

Anindita Bose, Kolkata, India - Born and brought up in Kolkata, Anindita Bose is inspired by the zeal of her city of joy. She has an interest in psychology which she believes has connected her closely to universal ideas and human emotions. She believes words have immense possibilities to create life out of nothing. She has her stories and poems published in various national and international magazines. She has co-authored a poetry book and her first solo poetry is due in January 2018. She is a working professional and when not writing she is actively involved in activities of a poetry group named ‘Rhythm Divine’of which she is a co-founder. Apart from poetry writing she is also into short story writing, painting, photography and travelling.

Arnab Kumar Roy from Burdwan India - Arnab is currently pursuing Engineering course from a private engineering college in West Bengal. He loves to write poetry during his leisure time. He writes poems to express what he feels deep within himself. He began writing poetry when he was a kid. He is such a kind of person whom people love to call a jack of all trades but master of none. He especially loves writing haikus.

Asha Francis from Bangalore, India - Asha Francis is the co-author of a novel titled Literally Yours which was published in 2015 and launched at the Jaipur Literary festival of the same year. Asha finds her expression in her stories which are her reality and she thrives on them.

Anukriti Ashok from Lucknow, India - Anukriti is post-graduate in English Literature, hailing from the City of Nawabs, Lucknow. A writer-in-progress, she likes to play with words and make music through her poetry.

Alankar Ale from Bangalore, India - Alankar is an occasional blogger. He wrote some 5-6 stories on his blog. He usually writes romance and its a sequel to stories, It is connected.

Amita Thakur from Gurgaon, India - Amita Thakur is a graduate of medical science based in Gurgaon. A fellow member of the Film Writer’s Association, Amita did her first movie project (story, screenplay, and dialogue) in 2001 for a leading film production house. She discovered her passion for writing only later in life. Amita started blogging in 2015. Her blog Mixed Spices of Life is well-read and enjoyed by friends and family across the world.

Amita is a mother of two beautiful daughters. Her debut novel My Aaradhya is dedicated to both of them.

Armeen Kaur from Delhi, India - Armeen is M.Phil scholar researching on Folklore. She finds comforts in hard times. After all, right words at right times can help us get up.

Aakhya from India - Aakhya is an avid reader as well as an aspiring writer.

Abhinanda Datta from Chicago, USA - Abhinanda is a journalist in Chicago. She is originally from Calcutta, India.

Anukriti Pandey from Mumbai, India - Anukriti is a writer and cake lover.

Amruta Siva from USA - Amruta Siva is a “flown with the flock” Engineer, but a fiction writer at heart. Highly inspired by her grandfather, Sahitya Academy winner for short stories in Telugu language Dr. Madhurantakam Rajaram, Amruta Siva is drawn into literature and writes English short stories and poems.

Arunima from Delhi, India - Arunima ( Sudeshna Chowdhury) has written for Story Quilt, Coldnoon dialogues, the Atlantic.com,Thomson Reuters Foundation, Deutsche Welle, The Christian Science Monitor, Inter Press Service, Bloomberg UTV, TruthOut, ReliefWeb, Nationof Change, WFHB 91.3 FM, Hindustan Times, MidDAY and the United Nations.

Avijit Roy from Plata, India - Avijit Roy is an English graduate from Calcutta university who is by profession a high school teacher. He cherishes a hobby of painting reflects in his imaginary writings of short stories and poems.

Aditi Munot from Pune, India - Aditi is a Pune based blogger and publishes her writing regularly on current issues, patriarchy, motherhood, social injustice, marriage, etc.

https://aditi-munot.blogspot.com

Anisha SenGupta Yanger from Mumbai, India - Anisha Yanger is a communications professional and a writer by passion. She lives in Mumbai with her husband (Musician & Composer) and son Aidan.

Akkera NR from Bangalore, India - Akkera is a final year Literature student in Bangalore's Mount Carmel College. She has always nursed a deep affection for literary works in all forms and languages ever since she first learned the alphabets. She has no illusions about her literary prowess, but she does believe she has a unique voice that demands to be heard.

Anam Usmani from Peachtree City, USA - Anam Usmani is a full time stay at home mom to her 4 year old son. She was born and brought up in INDIA and six years back moved to STATES with her husband for his job. She has a very very strong hobby of reading. And over last few years she has developed a liking for writing too. She has a personal blog https://www.sugarspiceartistlife.com . Besides, she is also a self taught artist and paints nature and still life in acrylic.

Astha Sabyasachi from Delhi, India - Astha is a BTech graduate but decided to follow her passion and is currently pursuing English Journalism. She tries to paint sceneries with words and write stories in colours.

Alino from Kolkata, India - Alino is totally new to writing. Alino is 22 year old studying B.Tech and aspires to write more life experiences. (Alino is pen name for Ijaz Ali).

Abu Siddik from West Bengal - Abu Siddik is an Assistant Professor (Stage II), Department of English, Plassey College, West Bengal, India. He has edited Representation of the Marginalized in Indian Writings in English (2015). He is the author of Misfit Parents in Faulkner’s Select Texts (2015), Banglar Musolman (2018). His short fictions and poems appeared in Muse India, Setu Bilingual, Indian Ruminations, spillwords.com, GloMag,mercurialstories.com, Destiny Poets,pratilipi.com, storymirror.com and in anthologies, Serious and Hilarious, Cherry Toppings, Rise to Higher Essence. Website: www.abusiddik.com

Anupriya Chowdhary from Kolkata, India - Anupriya Chowdhary, an Engineer turned Human Resources professional, turned stay at home mother, blogger and author, has now ventured out as a co-founder of a Waste Management start-up. She doles out loads of gyaan on parenting lifestyle trends, self improvement and relationship management through her blog. She likes to write stories around the complexities of lives of an average human being. Her books 'Because I Promised' and 'Unusual Equations' are available on Amazon. https.//www.mommytincture.com

Ananya Mondal from Barddhaman, India - Ananya is a student. Loving to create and liking to write is her hobby. She is engaged in studies now,hope to realize her dreams through the mighty pen she holds.

Anandita Tewari from Delhi, India - Anandita is doing graduation in Political Science and Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. She writes short stories and poems. She has been writing for the past three years.Her works have been published in DNA, Mumbai newspaper and Indian Ruminations journal. She has also written poems for anthologies published by Amateur publishing in the USA. She writes for her College blogs as well.

Abha Ahad from Delhi, India - Abha is a student majoring in English literature. Finds it easy to express herself in poetry.

Avishi Gupta from Kanpur, India - Recently graduated from High School and is gearing up for college, Avishi loves to read and has a strong passion for writing.

R.G.Asha Nandhini from Pondicherry, India - R.G.Asha Nandhini is a budding writer based in South India. She is pursuing her English Literature at Pondicherry University. Being a literature student she has a keen interest in reading and focuses on writing during her leisure time. She is mostly interested in mystery and thriller genres and prefers reading 19th-century classic novels. She has co-authored several anthologies that have been published in an internationally recognized bookstore named Amazon Books.

Anagha Reman from Kannur, Kerala, India - Anagha is an engineering student

Akshita Choudhary from New Delhi, India - Akshita is a research scholar and bookstagrammer.

Alexis Karpouzos from Athens, Greece - Alexis is a Greek-born philosopher and author, founder of the international center of learning, research and culture in Greece.

Dr Adyasha Acharya, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India

Adyasha is a medical intern in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. She is a voracious reader and her most favourite genres are fantasy and science fiction. She has published two novels previously- "The Fearless Warriors" (2015) and "The Guardian" (2021), a short story titled "Nexus" and "The Psychics" in the Indian Periodical Magazine and "The Midnight Ritual" in the anthology "The Selection of a Sacred Strawberry" by Writefluence (2023).

Anjani Raj, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Anjani is a Hyderabadi living every Sharmaj’s dream as a Software Engineer in Bangalore. Her writing journey started with stories behind exam papers as a child. She participated and honed her skills in the BWW workshop. She currently splits her spare time between reading the greats, the goods and the bads and reviewing them and writing short stories.

Akankshya Narayan from Bangalore

Akankshya, a recent graduate of the University of Delhi, holds a bachelor's degree in English. Her passions encompass reading and singing, and she adeptly manages her time between reminiscing works by Plath, and Bowkowski, while vibing on Taylor and Hozier's music to satiate her literary interests.

Her literary accomplishments include her debut novel, 'The Sanctuary of Hope and Despair (2023)', now available on Amazon. Furthermore, she is also a published researcher, with her research paper featured in the International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies (2023). Her poetic talents have also graced the pages of The Indian Periodical (2022) and The Quill House (2022), while her short story was featured in Indus Women's Writing (2022).

Ashutosh Menon from India

Anupama Mishra from Varanasi, India

Amrita Kumari Shaw from India

Ashrita Damera from Hyderabad, India

Ashna Yasmin fromTrivandrum, kerala, India

Anupama Kadwad from Mumbai India

Aruva from Agartala, India

Alfisha Siddiqui from Etawah, India

Akanksha Priya from Bengaluru, India

Akash Prem Krishna from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Arindam Banerjee from Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Anuradha Nalapat from Bangalore, India