
Ratna Rao Shekar
Ratna Rao Shekar is a writer and journalist who has written for several Indian magazines. She is the founding editor of the city magazine, Wow Hyderabad, author of several coffee table books, a travelogue Journey Without a Map, a book on the contemporary artist, Laxma Goud, and a short story collection Purple Lotus and Other Stories (2011). Her first full-length novel Listen the House (2024), about two girls growing up in Hyderabad, evokes a city that no longer exists. She is involved with the art and culture scene of Hyderabad.