Aruna Nambiar

In a previous life, Aruna Nambiar was a student of engineering and management, and a banker. Now a writer and editor, she writes tongue-in-cheek novels about life, relationships and the idiosyncrasies of Indian society.

Her latest work, Aiyyo, What Will the Neighbours Say?, is a collection of 13 witty, twist-in the tale short stories. She is also the author of three novels: The Weird Women's Club, a touching and hilarious tale about social misfits, sisterhood and finding your own peculiar tribe, The Monsters Still Lurk, a funny, moving saga of family and ageing that unfolds against the backdrop of a quarter century of post-liberalisation India, and Mango Cheeks, Metal Teeth, part coming-of-age story, part social satire and part comedy of errors, set in 1980s Kerala.

Her short fiction has also been featured in the anthologies Jest Like That, Curtains and Winners Vol 1, and her travel writing in The Itinerant Indian. She has written for the coffee table book, Portrait Kerala, and edited fiction and non-fiction for several publishing houses including Penguin India and Westland Books.