Nikita Singh

Nikita Singh
Born (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991
Patna, Bihar, India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Hindu
Citizenship India
Education Bachelor of Pharmacy
Occupation Book Author, Entrepreneur, Grapevine India (Director)
Years active 2011 - Present
Employer Grapevine India Publishers
Known for Author of "If It's Not Forever", "Someone Like You", "Love@Facebook"
Website nikitasinghscribbles.tumblr.com

Nikita Singh is an Indian novelist.[1][2] She has written eight novels including If It's Not Forever , Love@Facebook , Right Here Right Now , Accidentally in Love… With Him? Again? and The Unreasonable Fellows .[3][4][5] In February 2013, Someone Like You, a book she co-wrote with Durjoy Datta, was released by Penguin India.[6] It debuted at No. 5 at Hindustan Times Bestseller list.

Early life and Career

Nikita Singh was born in Patna, Bihar, where she spent the first four years of her life. She then relocated to Indore, where she went to primary school. She completed her schooling at Bridgeford School, Tupudana, Ranchi, in 2008. She graduated in pharmacy at the Acropolis Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Indore in 2012. She is currently pursuing Masters degree in creative writing from New York.[7][8]

She signed a contract with Penguin Books India in 2011 and also joined Grapevine India. She wrote her first book Love @ Facebook when 19 years old and is studying pharmacy.[9] Love @ Facebook is a young adult book about a nineteen-year-old girl, who falls in love with a VJ, after befriending him on Facebook. Under the pseudonym Sidharth Oberoi she has also contributed to the books in "The Backbenchers" series, where she wrote the second book of the series, The Backbenchers: The Missed Call, together with Durjoy Datta. The book was released in June 2012. Singh received a Live India Young Achievers Award in 2013.[10]

In September 2011, the sequel to Singh’s Love @ Facebook, Accidentally In Love..With Him? Again?, was published. The novel is aimed at an older audience than Love @ Facebook. In February 2012, If It’s Not Forever...It’s Not Love, which Sing co-authored with Durjoy Datta was published. The book is about a real life incident, the Delhi High Court Blast, which occurred on 7 September 2011. Deb, who was there when the blast happened, stumbled upon a half burnt diary, which had a love story written in it, that Deb decides to chase.

Singh has also spoken on various TEDx conferences in colleges across India.[11] She is also an editor in Grapevine India.[12][13] Her latest book After All This Time was released in May 2015.[14][15][16][17]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Aastha Atray Banan (1 August 2015). "Nikita Singh has written eight bestsellers in four years. What’s her secret?". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Udhav Naig (11 May 2014). "Nikita Singh: the goddess of racy reads". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Book Launch: Nikita Singh's 'Right Here Right Now'".
  4. ↑ "Book Review: If It's Not Forever It's Not Love By Durjoy Datta and Nikita Singh". Youth24x7.com. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  5. ↑ Babita Basu (8 March 2014). "In the words of a writer-entrepreneur". Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nikita Singh Profile". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  7. ↑ "Student Achievement". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nikita Singh - Profile". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ↑ An Interview With Nikita Singh Archived April 25, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Gautam Sunder (10 May 2014). "Book Launch: Nikita Singh's 'Right Here Right Now'". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. ↑ TEDx speaker
  12. ↑ Shalini Shah (20 February 2013). "Two to tell a tale". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Sreyoshi Dey (1 March 2012). "Books: Love, Sex And Marriage". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Subuhi Parve (25 April 2014). "Nikita Singh: a dream for young writers". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Books". 23 May 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Life @ present". The Telegraph. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Writing for Young India". 6 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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