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(W estland), H ave a Safe Journey (A maryllis, 20 17), Boo (Penguin, 20 17) and The Best A sian Speculative Fiction (Kitaab, 20 18) and City of Screams

(H alfbaked Beans, 20 19) H er articles and columns have appeared in the Times of India, Tehelka, D N A , Yowoto, Shethepeople, TheD ailyO , Scroll, Buzzfeed, N ew W oman, Femina, Verve, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Conde N ast Traveller, D B Post, The Telegraph, The A sian A ge, iD iva, People, Sakal Times and more She is a TED x speaker and was a mentor with V ital Voices Global M entoring W alk She was awarded the W omen A chievers A ward by Young

Environmentalists A ssociation in 20 13, in 20 17 she was shortlisted for the Femina W omen A wards for Literary Contribution The Indian Council of U N Relations (ICU N R) supported by the M inistry for W omen and Child D evelopment, Government of India, awarded her the International W omen?s D ay

A ward 20 18 for excellence in the field of writing She was named as one of the W omennovator 10 0 0

W omen of A sia 20 21 In 20 22, she was named amongst the 75 Iconic Indian women in STEA M by Red D ot Foundation and Beyond Black, in collaboration with the O ffice of the Principal Scientific A dvisor, Government of India, and British H igh Commission, N ew D elhi

Kiran Manral published her first book, The Reluctant D etective, in 20 11 She has published a total of 15 books across genres since H er books include romance and chicklit with O nce U pon A Crush (20 14), A ll A board (20 15), Saving M aya (20 17), The Kitty Party M urder (20 20 ); horror with The Face at the W indow (20 16), M ore Things in H eaven and Earth (20 21), scifi and horror with A ll Those W ho W ander (20 23), psychological thriller with M issing, Presumed D ead (20 18), and nonfiction with Karmic Kids (20 15), A Boy?s Guide to Growing U p (20 16), True Love Stories (20 17), 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting (20 19), Raising Children with H ope and W onder in Times of a Pandemic and Climate Change (20 20 ) and Rising-30 W omen W ho Changed India (20 22)

H er short stories have been published on Juggernaut, in magazines like Verve and Cosmopolitan, and have been part of anthologies like Chicken Soup for the Soul

H er novella, Saving M aya, was long listed for the 20 18 Saboteur A wards, U K, supported by the A rts Council England H er novels, The Face at the W indow and M issing, Presumed D ead were both long listed for JioM A M I W ord to Screen The Face at the W indow was showcased at the Singapore South A sia Film Festival The Kitty Party M urder was shortlisted for Popular Choice at the JK Papers Times of India

A utH ER awards 20 21

H er books are in prestigious libraries around the world like the Columbia U niversity Library (N Y), Library of Congress (W ashington D C), U niversity of Chicago Library, D uke U niversity Library, U niversity of N orth Carolina, U niversity of Pennsylvania, N ational Library of W ales, A uckland Libraries, D alat U niversity (V ietnam), Libris (Stockholm) and M arburg U niversity (Germany) amongst others