Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956) is an Indian writer from

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons. Swaminathan won the 2009

Vodafone Crossword Book Award The Crossword Book Award (formerly known as the Crossword Book Award (1998–2003), the Hutch Crossword Book Award (2004–07), the Vodafone Crossword Book Award (2008–10), the Economist Crossword Book Award (2011–13), Raymond & Crossword Bo ...

(Fiction) for ''Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit''.

Bibliography

*1993: ''The True Adventures of Prince Teentang'' *1994: ''Dattatray's Dinosaur and Other Stories'' *1997: ''Cryptic Death'' *2000: ''Ordinary Mr Pai Two Urban Fairy Tales'' *2002: ''The Weekday Sisters'' *2002: ''Gavial Avial'' *2003: ''Ambrosia for Afters'' *2003: ''Jaldi's Friends'' *2006: ''The Page Three Murders'' *2006: ''Bougainvillea House'' *2007: ''The Gardener's Song'' *2009: ''Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit'' *2010: ''The Monochrome Madonna''A crisp page turner
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''. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010. *2012: ''I Never Knew It Was You'' *2013: ''The Secret Gardner'' *2017: ''Greenlight''

Awards and honors

*2009:

, winner, ''Venus Crossing'' *2010: The Hindu Best Fiction Award, shortlist, ''Venus Crossing''

References

External links

Experimental Writer, by Sitanshi Talati-Parikh, Verve Online, September 2007

Black, White, and Grey: Exclusive interview with 'The Monochrome Madonna' author Kalpana Swaminathan, by Arun Kale, Helter Skelter Magazine, June 2010
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