Manjiri Prabhu
Manjiri Prabhu has a Doctorate in Communication Science, and is an independent film-maker for television, a novelist in English and also the Founder and Director of Pune International Literary Festival. She has directed over 200 children’s TV programmes, more than 50 short fiction and travel films, and has authored nine books. A pioneer in India among women writers of mystery fiction, she is also the first female mystery author to be published outside India. Her novel The Cosmic Clues was selected as a “Killer Book”by Independent Mystery Booksellers of America and The Astral Alibi was named a “Notable Book” by the Kiriyama Prize.
Year: 2017