Ashok Banker

Ashok Kumar Banker^[1]^[2] (born 7 February 1964 in Mumbai, India) is an author and screenwriter. His writing spans crime thrillers, essays, literary criticism, fiction and mythological retellings.^[3] The author of several well-received novels including a trilogy billed as "India's first crime novels in English",^[4] he became widely known for his retellings of Indian mythological epics, starting with the internationally acclaimed and best-selling eight-volume Ramayana Series.^[5]

References

↑ The Forest of Stories The Telegraph, 15 March 2012
↑ "An epic undertaking". The Hindu. 2012-03-21. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
↑ Ashok Banker on real art, honest emotions Times of India, 6 April 2012
↑ Mystery of the missing jasoos Times of India 16 May 2010
↑ Why Does Indian Mythology Dominate Contemporary Fiction in India?

Other websites

The official Ashok K. Banker website Archived 2023-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
AKB eBOOKS: Website offering ebook editions of Banker's work Archived 2021-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
Preview of Ashok Banker's upcoming book, Blood Red Sari

[1] The Forest of Stories The Telegraph, 15 March 2012

[2] "An epic undertaking". The Hindu. 2012-03-21. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[3] Ashok Banker on real art, honest emotions Times of India, 6 April 2012

[4] Mystery of the missing jasoos Times of India 16 May 2010

[nytimes1-5] Why Does Indian Mythology Dominate Contemporary Fiction in India?

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