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Savie Karnel

Savie Karnel is the author of the popular and critically acclaimed children’s book The Nameless God (2021) which was shortlisted the same year for the Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize. It was the only children’s book shortlisted for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival’s ‘Words to Screen Options Market’ in 2023. Before transitioning to children’s writing, she was a journalist for The New Indian Express, Mid-Day, and Talk Magazine in Bangalore.