Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956) is an Indian writer from Mumbai. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons. Swaminathan won the 2009 Vodafone Crossword Book Award (Fiction) for Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit.
Bibliography 1993: The True Adventures of Prince Teentang 1994: Dattatray's Dinosaur and Other Stories 1997: Cryptic Death 2000: Ordinary Mr Pai Two Urban Fairy Tales 2002: The Weekday Sisters 2002: Gavial Avial 2003: Ambrosia for Afters 2003: Jaldi's Friends 2006: The Page Three Murders 2006: Bougainvillea House 2007: The Gardener's Song 2009: Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit 2010: The Monochrome MadonnaA crisp page turner, Deccan Herald. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010. 2012: I Never Knew It Was You 2013: The Secret Gardner 2017: Greenlight
Awards and honors 2009: Vodafone Crossword Book Award, winner, Venus Crossing 2010: The Hindu Best Fiction Award, shortlist, Venus Crossing
References
External links Experimental Writer, by Sitanshi Talati-Parikh, Verve Online, September 2007 Black, White, and Grey: Exclusive interview with 'The Monochrome Madonna' author Kalpana Swaminathan, by Arun Kale, Helter Skelter Magazine, June 2010