Ganga Bharani Vasudevan (also known as Ganga Bharani) is an Indian blogger-turned-writer.[1] She is the author of the books Just You, Me and A Secret (2012), A Minute to Death (2015), A Sip of Love and a Sip of Coffee (2016) and Murder In The Elevator (2018).
Ganga Bharani Vasudevan | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Blogger and author |
| Genre | Fiction-thriller, romance |
| Notable works | A Sip of Love and a Sip of Coffee (2016) A Minute to Death (2015) Just You, Me and A Secret (2012) |
| Website | |
| gangabharani | |
Biography edit
As a child, Ganga was encouraged by her father to read newspaper opinion pieces and to write.[2] She began contributing opinion articles to Your Opinion Matters on NXGN at the age of 15.[2][1] She also started blogging in 2006, starting with material that was not accepted by newspapers.[2][3][1] After about five years, she started writing short stories and became interested in writing a book.[1] She wrote the first chapters of her first book on her blog.[4][2] After many rejections from publishers, she was contacted by a publisher about writing a book.[1][2]
She has won a variety of contests for her blogging, and was shortlisted for the UK Blog Awards in 2015.[2] One of her short stories has been made into the short film Bhimbam.[2] Two of her short films, Tiny Steps and Candles, won awards at the WE CARE Film Festival.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Wish to pen a book? Make a splash with blogging". The Indian Express. Indo-Asian News Service. September 8, 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Padmanabhan, Geeta (August 16, 2017). "Words, lines and thoughts". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ a b Ramakrishnan, Deepa H.; Venugopal, Vasudha (May 13, 2016). "No desk job can keep them from their passion: writing". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Ratnakumar, Evelyn (July 8, 2015). "Blog! It may win you a book contract". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ Samuel, Rufus John (May 21, 2016). "Sharing a secret". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Gowri, Devika (July 29, 2015). "'I love playing guessing games with readers'". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 30 December 2017.