Meghna Pant

Meghna Pant is a multiple award-winning and bestselling author, a screenwriter, a journalist and a speaker. Recognised as one of India’s best writers by multiple national and international publications, Pant has nine books published to critical and commercial acclaim.
 
She’s been felicitated with various honours for distinguished contribution to literature, gender issues and journalism – including the Bharat Nirman Award, Frank O’Connor International Award, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Laadli Media Award, FICCI ‘Young Achiever’s Award’, Society Achievers Award, The Lifestyle Journalist ‘Women Achiever’s Award’, FON South Asia Short Story Award, Muse India Young Writer Award, Oxford Book Cover Prize, PVLF Author Excellence Award, and Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Several of her works are under screen adaptation. She has previously worked as a business news anchor for Times Now, NDTV and Bloomberg-UTV in New York and Mumbai. Pant lives in Mumbai with her husband and two daughters.