Anuja Chandramouli is a bestselling author, writer, and new-age Indian classicist. She has published 12 books across the mythology, historical fiction and fantasy genres. She followed up her highly acclaimed debut novel, Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince, which was named as one of the top five sellers in the Indian writing category for the year 2012 by Amazon India, with Kamadeva: The God of Desire, Shakti: The Divine Feminine, Yama’s Lieutenant and its sequel, Yama’s Lieutenant and the Stone Witch. Her articles, short stories and book reviews appear in various publications like The New Indian Express, The Hindu, Scroll.in and Femina.
Some of Anuja’s other books are Kartikeya: The Destroyer’s Son, Prithviraj Chauhan: The Emperor of Hearts, Padmavati: The Burning Queen, Ganga: The Constant Goddess and Muhammad Bin Tughlaq: Tale of a Tyrant. Her book Mohini: The Enchantress was the winner of the JK Papers and Times of India Popular Choice AutHer award for the year 2021. Her books are also available as audiobooks and have been translated into Hindi. Abhimanyu: Son of Arjuna is her latest book and has been shortlisted for the Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize.
An accomplished TEDx speaker and storyteller, Anuja regularly conducts workshops on creative writing, mythology and empowerment in schools and colleges across the country. Her ‘Mahabharata and Ramayana with Anuja’ storytelling series is now available on YouTube and Spotify. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. This mother of two girls lives in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.