Shiva Kumar, an author, filmmaker, and actor was born in India and grew up in a traditional Tamil family where the fables of Indian life enveloped him like the humid dawn of a steamy Madras day. Schooled in England, Egypt, India, and the United States, he developed a love for mythology, epic fantasy, and science fiction from across the world. In 2022, Kumar debuted An Awakening: Book 1 of The Lanka Chronicles. A New Reality continues the saga and the epic conclusion, Path of Destiny will be published in 2024.