Rasana Atreya is an Indian English-language author. Her debut novel Tell A Thousand Lies was shortlisted for the "2012 Tibor Jones South Asia prize."[1] She is also the India ambassador for the Alliance of Independent Authors.[2]
Rasana Atreya | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Education | M.S (computer engineering) |
| Alma mater | Osmania University, Hyderabad Marquette University, US |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for | Tell A Thousand Lies, Temple Is Not My Father |
| Website | rasanaatreya |
Biography
editRasana completed her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya schools across the country and has a B.E. in Instrumentation engineering from Osmania University, India, and M.S. in Computer engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, United States. She is also a trained 'Volunteer Rape Crisis' counselor by Bay Area Women Against Rape organization. She is the founder of The India Readathon,[3] a platform which aims to introduce readers to self-published books (ebooks and audio) set in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and Maldives). Her other novels include Temple Is Not My Father, 28 Years A Bachelor, and Valley Isle Secrets (a Kindle Worlds novella based on Toby Neal's Lei Crime Series).
Critical acclaim
editTell A Thousand Lies was shortlisted for the 2012 Tibor Jones South Asia Award.[4] While her first three novels handle woman-centric issues, with Valley Isle Secrets, she has ventured into thriller genre.
Rasana declined a traditional publishing contract in order to self-publish.[5][6] She has been interviewed on self-publishing by many major publications in India.[7]
Workshops and panels
edit- Panelist, Navigating the Road to Self Publishing, Times Lit Fest. 4 December 2016 (with Neal Thompson, Director of Author and Publishing Relations, Amazon)[8]
- Workshop. The Art of Self Publishing at the Hyderabad Lit Fest, 24 January 2015.[9]
- Panelist on publishing, Hyderabad Literary Festival 20 January 2013 (with Kulpreet Yadav)[10]
- Panelist on publishing, Jaipur Literary Festival 24 January 2013 (with Meru Gokhale, Editor-in-Chief, Random House, UK; Alexandra Pringle, Editor-in-Chief Bloomsbury; Rick Simonson, Artemis Kirk)[11]
Bibliography
editReferences
edit- ^ "SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL TIBOR JONES SOUTH ASIA PRIZE". Tibor Jones Official Website. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "What our Member Say – ALLi". ALLi. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "About". The India Readathon. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Tibor Jones South Asia Prize shortlist". The Hindu. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Aspiring authors take e-route to success". Times of India. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "New breed of writers take to digital self-publishing". Hindustan Times. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Ebooks help out-of-print classics and pulp fiction return on e-readers". The Economic Times. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Lit Fest Schedule". Times LitFest. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Decoding Hyderabad Literary Festival 2015". Times of India. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Hyderabad Lit Fest 2013". Welcome to Muse India. 2013. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ^ "Jaipur Lit Fest 2013" (PDF). jaipurliteraturefestival.org. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "My self-publishing Journey". The Hindu. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Book Review". Whackk: Magnet to Madness. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Book Review". Mouthshut.com. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Tell A Thousand Lies". Goodreads. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Book Review". Mouthshut.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Temple Is Not My Father". Goodreads. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "28 Years A Bachelor". Goodreads. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Valley Isle Secrets". Goodreads. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.