Books
Cancer
I have no life skills, can’t swim, cycle or drive.
Heights
Two. Giving birth. Publishing my first book.
The death of my dad.
My mom.
Mr Darcy. Cliched, but yes.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
P. G. Wodehouse, J RR Tolkein, Mark Twain, Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jane Austen, J K Rowling, Stephen King.
The Lord of the Rings, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Three Men in a Boat, Norwegian Wood and Lolita
Anything by P. G. Wodehouse and Three Men in a Boat.
The Conjuring, anything by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam, Interstellar, One Day.
At my desk. From morning to night.
Silence.
Absolutely.
Never speak about work in progress.
YA fiction, specially fantasy.
Read lots and only then dare to write. There are no short cuts.
Kiran Manral has worked with some of the leading media houses in India as a features writer and journalist. Her debut novel, The Reluctant Detective, was published in 2012. She lives with her family in Mumbai and puts her current job definition down as school gate mom.
