Rasana Atreya Explained

Rasana Atreya
Birth Place:Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation:Writer
Education:M.S (computer engineering)
Known For:Tell A Thousand Lies, Temple Is Not My Father
Alma Mater:Osmania University, Hyderabad
Marquette University, US

Rasana Atreya is an Indian English-language author. Her debut novel Tell A Thousand Lies was shortlisted for the "2012 Tibor Jones South Asia prize."[1] She is also the India ambassador for the Alliance of Independent Authors.[2]

Biography

Rasana completed her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya schools across the country and has a B.E. in Instrumentation engineering from Osmania University, India, and M.S. in Computer engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, United States. She is also a trained 'Volunteer Rape Crisis' counselor by Bay Area Women Against Rape organization. She is the founder of The India Readathon,[3] a platform which aims to introduce readers to self-published books (ebooks and audio) set in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and Maldives). Her other novels include Temple Is Not My Father, 28 Years A Bachelor, and Valley Isle Secrets (a Kindle Worlds novella based on Toby Neal's Lei Crime Series).

Critical acclaim

Tell A Thousand Lies was shortlisted for the 2012 Tibor Jones South Asia Award.[4] While her first three novels handle woman-centric issues, with Valley Isle Secrets, she has ventured into thriller genre.

Rasana declined a traditional publishing contract in order to self-publish.[5] [6] She has been interviewed on self-publishing by many major publications in India.[7]

Workshops and panels

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL TIBOR JONES SOUTH ASIA PRIZE . 16 December 2011 . 20 May 2016 . Tibor Jones Official Website.
  2. Web site: What our Member Say – ALLi . 20 May 2016 . ALLi.
  3. Web site: About . The India Readathon . 19 July 2018 .
  4. Web site: Tibor Jones South Asia Prize shortlist . 31 December 2011 . 20 May 2016 . The Hindu.
  5. Web site: Aspiring authors take e-route to success. 5 October 2014 . 20 May 2016 . Times of India.
  6. Web site: New breed of writers take to digital self-publishing . 21 July 2014 . 20 May 2016 . Hindustan Times.
  7. Web site: Ebooks help out-of-print classics and pulp fiction return on e-readers . 9 September 2014 . 20 May 2016 . The Economic Times.
  8. Web site: Lit Fest Schedule . 4 December 2015 . 20 May 2016 . Times LitFest.
  9. Web site: Decoding Hyderabad Literary Festival 2015 . 1 February 2015 . 20 May 2016 . Times of India.
  10. Web site: Hyderabad Lit Fest 2013 . 2013 . 20 May 2016 . Welcome to Muse India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414193124/http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=48&id=4035 . 14 April 2016 . mdy-all .
  11. Web site: Jaipur Lit Fest 2013 . 27 January 2013 . 20 May 2016 . jaipurliteraturefestival.org.
  12. Web site: My self-publishing Journey . 5 August 2012 . 20 May 2016 . The Hindu.
  13. Web site: Book Review . 8 November 2012 . 20 May 2016 . Whackk: Magnet to Madness.
  14. Web site: Book Review . 4 March 2014 . 20 May 2016 . Mouthshut.com.
  15. Web site: Tell A Thousand Lies . 8 March 2012 . 20 May 2016 . Goodreads.
  16. Web site: Book Review . 22 September 2014 . 20 May 2016 . Mouthshut.com.
  17. Web site: Temple Is Not My Father . 11 July 2014 . 20 May 2016 . Goodreads.
  18. Web site: 28 Years A Bachelor . 31 October 2014 . 20 May 2016 . Goodreads.
  19. Web site: Valley Isle Secrets . 20 December 2015 . 20 May 2016 . Goodreads.

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