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BABURAM ACHARYA, the fi rst and only historian laureate of Nepal, was a
scholar and researcher who pioneered the writing of Nepalese history based on
indigenous resources. He is credited with coining the Nepali name ‘Sagarmatha’
for Mt Everest, the world’s tallest mountain. An honorary member of the Royal
Nepal Academy, he was awarded the Tribhuvan Award in 1963.
He wrote fourteen books (seven published posthumously) and over one
hundred research-based pieces and articles on subjects ranging from Nepalese
history to Nepal-China relations. He is best known for his four-volume
biography of King Prithvinarayan Shah, the founder of modern Nepal, and
Aba Yasto Kahilyai Nahos, a collection of his essays.

Monabi Mitra was born in Calcutta and educated at Loreto House,
Presidency College and Jadavpur University. She teaches English at
Scottish Church College, Calcutta. As the wife of an Indian Police
Service offi cer she has developed a keen interest in police procedure.
This has led to the writing of the DSP Bikram series.

Dr Myra S. White is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an award winning instructor in Harvard’s Master of Liberal Arts Management Program. She has a PhD in psychology and a J.D. from Harvard and is an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She conducts leadership training programs for international executives and is a former competitive athlete who played on Harvard’s Women’s Ice Hockey Team. In 2010 she was selected Woman of the Year by Harvard Women’s Empowerment Network.

Vrushali Telang from reporting with CNBC TV-18 and NDTV to producing shows for MTV, from freelancing as a screenwriter for films, television, and events to being a columnist with Marie Claire, to now writing novels-Vrushali Telang is on one helluva joyride!

She lives in Mumbai with one husband, one daughter and believes that the bedrock of a strong marriage lies in having one good maid…or maybe two.

She is the author of Can’t Die for Size Zero. He Loves Me Not is her second novel.

Kaushalya Saptharishi works in the publishing industry in India. She holds an MA in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the proud mother of a sprightly six-year-old boy with whom she is rediscovering the small and beautiful moments of life. Her ?rst novel was The TamBrahm Bride. She can be reached at: Kausalya.Saptharishi@gmail.com