Ankush Saikia
Ankush Saikia (born 1975 in Tezpur, Assam[1]) is an Indian author.[2] He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin; Assam; and Shillong, Meghalaya.[3] Saikia has previously worked as a journalist at India Today, indiaabroad.com, and Express India, and as a senior editor in the publishing firm Dorling Kindersley (India).[4][5]
He was shortlisted for the Outlook–Picador India non-fiction writing award (2005), and was one of the recipients of the Shanghai Writers' Association's 2018 fellowships.[6] He has also written features and long-form pieces (mostly on North East India) for Tehelka, Scroll.in, Hindustan Times, fountainink.in, The Caravan, Assam Tribune, Eclectic Northeast, DailyO, Indian Express, The Hindu etc.[7]
His 8th book, The Forest Beneath the Mountains, an environmental novel set along the borderlands of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, and his 9th book, Tears of the Dragon (the 4th book in the Detective Arjun Arora series), were both published by Speaking Tiger Books, in March 2021 and February 2023, respectively.
Bibliography[edit]
- Jet City Woman (2007)[8][9]
- Spotting Veron and other Stories (2011)[10]
- The Girl from Nongrim Hills (2013) [11]
- Red River, Blue Hills (2015)
- Dead Meat (2015)[12]
- Remember Death (2016)[13][14]
- More Bodies Will Fall (2018)[15]
- The Forest Beneath the Mountains (2021)[16]
- Tears of the Dragon (2023)[17]
References[edit]
- ^ Saikia, Ankush. "Biography". Ankush Saikia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "The young brigade". The Hindu. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Boange, Dilshan. "Exploring voices for Indian thriller fiction". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "City Blues". Express India. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Interview: Ankush Saikia". Time Out Bengaluru. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Ankush Saikia » Biography". Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Ankush Saikia | Indian Express, the Hindu Journalist | Muck Rack".
- ^ BAGCHI, AMITABHA. "When The Centre And The Periphery Meet". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Choudhury, Sonya Dutta. "Stale News". India Today. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Garg, Aditi. "Glimpses of life". Tribune India. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "The Boston Coffee House Magazine | the Girl from Nongrim Hills". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Palatable pulp | Tehelka.com". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Remember Death review: Most pulp fiction fails to portray true India. Not this". 21 October 2016.
- ^ "A compelling tightrope walk". 14 October 2016.
- ^ O'Yeah, Zac (14 April 2018). "More Bodies Will Fall by Ankush Saikia reviewed by Zac O'Yeah". The Hindu.
- ^ "Review: The Forest Beneath the Mountains by Ankush Saikia". 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Review: Tears of the Dragon by Ankush Saikia". 22 February 2023.
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