Jyoti Guptara

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**Jyoti Guptara**
Jyoti Guptara at Odyssey bookshop in Chennai, India.
Born:	November 22, 1988 (age 18) Frimley, Hants, UK
Occupation:	novelist, journalist
Genres:	Fantasy, Science fiction
Debut works:	Novel: Conspiracy of Calaspia
Influences:	C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Golding, Stephen Lawhead, George MacDonald
Website:	http://twins.guptara.com

Jyoti Guptara (born November 22, 1988) is a young novelist of British and Indian heritage, best known as being the co-author of the Insanity Saga (writing together with twin brother Suresh Guptara; collectively known as the Guptara Twins).

1 Biography
- 1.1 Hair
2 Records
3 References
4 See also
5 External Links
- 5.1 Official
- 5.2 Interviews

[edit] Biography

Jyoti Guptara was born in Frimley, Hants, UK, to an English mother (Philippa Guptara) and Indian father (Prof. Prabhu Guptara), and raised in Farnham, Surrey, until the age of seven, when he moved to eastern Switzerland, where he is currently based as probably the youngest full-time writer in the world ^[1].

He and his twin brother finished the first draft of their critically acclaimed fantasy epic, Conspiracy of Calaspia, at the age of eleven.

At the age of fifteen, Jyoti became the youngest known journalist to publish a piece in The Wall Street Journal. Soon after this he left school to study on his own (homeschooling, but teaching himself), successfully completing his O-levels before becoming a professional full-time writer.

At the age of seventeen, Conspiracy of Calaspia made him one of the world's youngest bestselling authors.

[edit] Hair

Author Jyoti Guptara wielding medieval sword. The strand of hair he vowed not to cut until finding a publisher for Conspiracy of Calaspia is visible

Jyoti has been growing one strand of hair for over two years, that now hangs to his shoulder from behind the right ear. He vowed not to cut it until their book was published (before they had received any acceptances from publishers). Originally he grew all of his hair, but this was annoying during schoolwork and exams, when he says he leaned over his papers in typical student fashion. Despite that the book is now published, the hair remains. It is uncertain when or if it will come off.

[edit] Records

- Youngest full-time writer in the world, at the age of 15

- Youngest bestselling author in Switzerland (and at least one of, if not the, youngest in the world - investigation required), at the age of 17

At this point it must be mentioned that Jyoti makes the records as the younger of the Guptara Twins, however, it is possible that some of these achievements go to both of them, as they collaborated on the magnum opus that garnered them the record.