Anuja Chandramouli

Anuja Chandramouli (born 1986) is an Indian author of fantasy and historical fiction.
Education and career.
Chandramouli was encouraged to write and enter creative writing competitions by her English teacher at school. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Women's Christian College Chennai and a master's degree in English.
She is the author of seven novels. Her works often feature protagonists from Indian mythology. She has also written novels in the High Fantasy genre; "Yama’s Lieutenant" and its sequel "Yama’s Lieutenant and the Stone witch."
Her debut novel "Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior Prince" was published in 2012. In 2013, it was named as one of the top 5 books in the Indian Writing category by Amazon India. Three of her novels, "Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior Prince", "Kamadeva: The God of Desire" and "Shakti: The Divine Feminine" are set to be translated into Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali from the English.
Her 2017 novel, "The Burning Queen" tells the story of Rani Padmavati, a 13th–14th century Indian queen originally described in the epic poem by Malik Muhammad Jayasi. It was published in the wake of controversy around the production of a film on the same subject, of Rani Padmavati, "Padmaavat", directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her book "Ganga: The Constant Goddess" is published in 2018. MOHINI: THE ENCHANTRESS is the latest book released in AUGUST 2020. This makes it ANUJA'S 11th book. 
Chandramouli has also contributed articles, short stories, and book reviews in publications such as The New Indian Express, the English-language newspaper The Hindu, and Femina magazine. She has her youtube storytelling channel with the complete story of Mahabaratha.
In 2017, she appeared at the Women Writers’ Fest in Bengaluru, speaking on whether gender influences narratives in mythology.
She cites Veda Vyasa as her inspiration to originally start writing books, and the Mahabharata as her favourite story.
Personal life.
Chandramouli married in 2005, and has two daughters.