Krishna Udayasankar is a Singapore-based Indian author, known for her modern retelling of Mahabharata through the novel cycle, The Aryavarta Chronicles (Govinda, Kaurava and Kurukshetra).[1] She is also the author of Immortal, 3 - a novel on the founding of Singapore - and Objects of Affection – a book of prose-poems.
Dr.Krishna Udayasankar | |
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| Born | Bangalore, India |
| Occupation | Lecturer, Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Singapore |
| Alma mater | National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore |
| Genre | Mythopoeia, Historical fiction, Poetry |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Notable works | Govinda, Kurukshetra, 3 |
| Website | |
| Krishna Udayasankar | |
Personal life and education
editA graduate of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, Krishna holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Nanyang Business School, Singapore and has published two textbooks: International Business: An Asian Perspective (2015) and Global Business Today (2014).[2] Her book Beast (2019), an urban fantasy thriller is published by Penguin Random House, who have also taken over the rights for her entire backlist of five novels. In a session at the Bangalore Literary Festival in 2018, Udayasankar spoke of how she started writing fiction entirely by accident, and that her first work, The Aryavarta Chronicles, started out as a satirical poem.[3]
Krishna lives in Singapore with her family.[4]
Books
edit- Govinda (novel) (Hachette India, 2012)
- Objects of Affection (poetry anthology) (Math Paper Press, 2013)
- Body Boundaries: The Etiquette Anthology of Women's Writing (non-fiction) (The Literary Centre,2013)
- Kaurava (novel) (Hachette India, 2013)
- Kurukshetra (novel) (Hachette India, 2014)
- 3 (novel) (Hachette, 2015)
- Immortal (Hachette India, 2016)
- Beast (Penguin India, 2019)[5]
- The Cowherd Prince: The Prequel to Govinda (Penguin India, 2020)
- Buddha (Penguin India, TBA)[6]- Forthcoming
References
edit- ^ Udayasankar, Krishna. "The Books". Aryavarta Chronicles. Hachette India. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Blurb for 3". Ethos Books.
- ^ "BLF Live, BLF 2018 Reports". Bangalore Literary Festival.
- ^ "Blurb, 3". Ethos Books.
- ^ "Beast". Penguin India.
- ^ Shetty, Deepika (29 January 2016). "Penguin signs Singapore based author". Straits Times. Retrieved 9 August 2016.