Shweta Taneja

Shweta Taneja is an Indian author of novels, short fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction and comic books. Her work includes fantasy fiction series ''The Rakta Queen: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'', ''The Matsya Curse: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'', ''Cult of Chaos: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'' and books for YA and children including ''The Ghost Hunters of Kurseong'' and ''How to Steal a Ghost @ Manipal''.

Her short story "The Daughter That Bleeds" was published in ''Best Asian Speculative Fiction'' and won the Editor's Choice Award. The story was translated into French under the title ''La Fille qui saigne'', published in Galaxies magazine and was a finalist in the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Awards for 2020 in France.

She wrote the scripts for The ''Skull Rosary'', a five-story graphic novel involving the Hindu god Shiva (published by Holy Cow Entertainment) and ''Krishna: Defender of Dharma'', about the Hindu god Krishna (published by Campfire Graphic Novels). She currently lives and works in Bangalore, India. Provided by Wikipedia