Krishna Udayasankar is the author of the bestselling Aryavarta Chronicles (Govinda, Kaurava, Kurukshetra) based on the Mahabharata.
She has also written a book based on the founding legend of the island of Singapore titled 3 and the fantastical Immortal.
Here are 6 things about prolific author based in Singapore that you may not have known:
She knew by the age of five that she wanted to grow up to be a writer (or an astronaut)
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Her first book was supposed to be satirical poem based on the Mahabharata but after researching more on the topic she ended up writing The Aryavarta Chronicles
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She did research to write a book on dogs but was unable to do so because the topic was too close to her heart. She ended up writing Beast, a book that focused on werelions instead.
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Krishna Udayasankar is a Rajinikanth fan!
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She lives in Singapore with her family, which includes three bookish canine children, Boozo, Zana, and Maya.
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Krishna holds an undergraduate degree in law and a PhD in strategic management.
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The writer is/was a lecturer at the Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University.
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She has co-authored two well-adopted textbooks: International Business: An Asian Perspective and Global Business Today.
Check out the fantastic backlist of Krishna Udayasankar featuring titles like Govinda, Kaurava, Kurukshetra, 3 and Immortal.
