Bio
A multi-award winning author and finalist, Anju, a shy Indian girl from Jaipur, India, grew up midst the concrete skyscrapers of Hong Kong. She claims her childhood was like βBend It Like Beckhamβ βbut without the soccer. Anju was first published at the age of 7 in Hong Kongβs leading English Newspaper, The South China Morning Post, and since then she’s been floating on a cloud of imagination wielding a pen in hand because characters wouldn’t stop talking to her.
She filled numerous diaries with poems and carried them as she trotted across the globe. However, when she put her imaginary friends in hot water and saw them dance across the page, Anju found her voice! One story unfolded into a series of books.
A fiction author, freelance journalist, public speaker, fiction writing instructor, and former newspaper reporter, Anju has been published in cover stories, fiction, feature, news, interview and perspective pieces, columns, parenting and travel articles in publications across Hong Kong, India, Singapore, and the U.S.Β She has also lived in Singapore, Australia, New Jersey, Connecticut, and finally dug her roots in the U.S. with her family.
Anju loves to read, travel, fusion-cook, listen to the best of Holly-and-Bollywood beats and is forever in pursuit of the next great vegetarian cuisine. And desserts! Anju creates new dishes using Western-Indian ingredients with the same zest and synergy she blends in every story waiting to be told.
A qualified teacher from London, UK, Anju also earned her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature (India) and certified in Creative Writing / Journalism from Australia.Β
‘Dynasties’, Book 1, Winds of Fire Series, is a 2023 NIEA Finalist, 2023 Best Book Awards Finalist, International Book Of The Month Pick by the International Pulpwood Queen & Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation,Β and 2023 GA Author of the Year (Award) Nominee.
‘Once And For All’ Book 2 is a two-time Winner and five-time finalist in the 2025 Independent Author Of The Year Awards, shortlisted for the 2025 Hawthorne Prize, 2024 International Book Awards Finalist, 2024 NIEA Finalist and 2024 International Book Of The Month Pick by the International Pulpwood Queen & Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation.Β
Anju hopes her books will Bridge Cultures and Break Barriers.
PUBLISHED AWARDS:
ONCE AND FOR ALL, Book 2, Winds of Fire Series
Winner β 2025 Independent Author Awards, Asian American Fiction
Winner β 2025 Independent Author Awards, Womenβs Issues
Finalist – 2025 Independent Author Awards, Multi-cultural fiction
Finalist – 2025 Independent Author Awards, Womenβs Fiction
Finalist – 2025 Independent Author Awards, Relationships
Finalist – 2025 Independent Author Awards, Parenting and Family
Finalist – 2025 Independent Author Awards, Marriage
Amazon #1 New Release β 2024 Asian Dramas & Plays
Amazon #1 New Release β 2024 Asian Literature
Finalist β 2024 International Book Awards
Finalist β 2024 National Indie Excellence Awards
Shortlist β 2025 Hawthorne Prize
Official Pick β 2024 International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book Club Reading NationΒ Β Β Β Β
DYNASTIES, Book 1, Winds of Fire Series
Nominee β 2023 Georgia Author Of The Year
Finalist β 2023 Best Book Awards
Finalist β 2023 National Indie Excellence Awards
Amazon – Number 7 BestsellerΒ
Official Pick – 2023 International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Bookclub Reading NationΒ
Anju’s works have been published in:Β
Women Writers, Women Books, BooksByWomen.org
The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Barat Ratna International (BR International), Hong Kong
New Woman magazine, Mumbai, IndiaΒ
Woman’s Era magazine, New Delhi, India
The Singapore Women’s Weekly, Singapore
Motherhood magazine, Singapore
Atlanta Parent magazine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Khabar magazine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Tribuna newspaper, Danbury, CT, USA
The Voices newspaper, CT, USA
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