BASU, Samit
Samit Basu is a 30-year-old Indian writer of novels, short stories, comics and screenplays.
He has written three epic/adventure fantasy novels, The Simoqin Prophecies which was published by Penguin India in 2003, by Ordbilder Sweden in 2005 and in Germany by Piper Verlag in2006 – The Manticore’s Secret, published by Penguin India in 2005 and The Unwaba Revelations, published by Penguin India, 2007. These were the first works of fantasy by an Indian in English and were all bestsellers in India.
As well as these novels, Basu has written several short stories in anthologies for adults and children, and several comics, including two series, Devi and The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma, published worldwide by Virgin Comics (now Liquid Comics) and a graphic novel, Untouchable, co-written with British author Mike Carey due from Liquid Comics.
Basu was born in Calcutta, India, and educated in Calcutta and London. He lives and works in New Delhi.
His new novel, Turbulence, is to be released in autumn 2010 from Hachette India.