Ritu Lalit

Ritu Lalit (born 1964) is an Indian novelist, short story writer, and blogger [4] based in Faridabad, India, noted for writing fiction and mostly of the fantasy and thriller genre. She is author of five novels, A Bowlful of Butterflies, a coming of age story about three fast friends in school, Hilawi, a fantasy thriller, and Chakra, Chronicles of the Witch Way, a fantasy adventure, Wrong for the Right Reasons, a story about a young divorcee bringing up her children and a murder mystery, and His Father’s Mistress.[5][6]

Ritu Lalit
Ritu Lalit in 2015
Born1964 (age 56–57)
Delhi, India
OccupationAuthor, Novelist, Blogger
LanguageEnglish
NationalityIndian
Alma materKendriya Vidyalaya
Guwahati University
University of Delhi
GenreFiction, Thriller
Notable worksA Bowlful of Butterflies[1]
Hilawi
Chakra: Chronicles of the Witch Way
His Father’s Mistress[2]
Wrong for the Right Reasons[3]
ChildrenIshan Lalit, Kartik Lalit
Website
www.ritulalit.com

Early life and education

Ritu Lalit was born in Delhi, India and raised in the North Eastern part of India. Her father was an electrical engineer with the Indian Government and was transferred frequently. So she received her schooling in various Kendriya Vidyalayas, passing out from Kendriya Vidyalaya Lamphelpat, Imphal, Manipur.[7] She is gold medalist from Gauhati University in B.A. English literature (honors) and completed her master’s degree in English literature from University of Delhi. She is post graduate diploma in Business Administration.[8]

Career

Ritu Lalit came out with her debut novel, A Bowlful of Butterflies in 2011, followed by Hilawi, a fantasy thriller in 2012. Before her debut novel, two of her short stories collection Ripples, a compilation by Prashant Karhade, got published in 2009. This was swiftly followed in 2011 by her full-length novel A Bowlful of Butterflies, being long-listed for the Crossword Book Award. Lalit’s second work of fiction Hilawi, published by Popular Prakashan in 2012, is a fantasy thriller, which explores the fact that legends are not mere tales. After success of her debut novel A Bowlful of Butterflies[9] and Hilawi, inspired by Panchtantra’s fables and the Vedic concept of energy vortexes in the human body, the author came out with her third novel Chakra: Chronicles of the Witch Way in May, 2013.[10] In 2014, she launched her fourth novel His Father's Mistress, published by LiFi Publications and in 2015 she came out with another novel, Wrong for the Right Reasons. It is an ebook published by Amazon.[11][12]

Her short stories are taught as a part of class 8 and class 12 of CBSC Boards syllabus. Two of her stories were published by National Council of Educational Research and Training. She blogs and writes under the name of Phoenix Ritu.[13][14][15][16] Reportedly by The Times of India, Ritu is currently running two blogs, one a personal blog and other one on cooking.[17]

Works
  • Ripples (a collection of short stories), APK Publishers; Compiled by Prashant Karhade 2010
  • A Bowlful of Butterflies, Rupa & Co, 2011
  • Hilawi, Popular Prakashan, 2012
  • Chakra, Chronicles of the Witch Way, Author's Empire Publications, 2013
  • His Father’s Mistress, LiFi Publications, 2014
  • Wrong for the Right Reasons, Amazon, 2015

See also

References
  1. A Bowlful of Butterflies. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-812912-312-1.
  2. His Father’s Mistress. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-938253-637-6.
  3. Wrong, for the Right Reasons. Amazon. ISBN 978-150255-385-0.
  4. "Wish to pen a book? Make a splash with blogging". The Economic Times. 7 September 2015.
  5. "Printpick". The Hindu. 9 August 2011.
  6. "An Interview with Ritu Lalit!". The Mag. 24 August 2013.
  7. Kabita Sonowal. "Book Chums interviews Ritu Lalit". Book Chums.
  8. "Interview with Ritu Lalit aka PhoenixRitu". BlogAdda. 9 April 2009.
  9. Mehkdeep Grewal (14 May 2013). "Back to Grandma's fables". Hindustan Times.
  10. Ashish Gaur (15 May 2013). "Indore-based publisher held unique book launch". Times of India.
  11. "Ritu Lalit's Biography". Popular Prakashan.
  12. "An Author Interview of Ritu Lalit with Smart Indian Women". Smart India Women. 24 June 2015.
  13. "Wish to pen a book? Make a splash with blogging". Indian Express. 8 September 2015.
  14. Pawan Pandita (16 July 2012). "Blogging takes a novel turn". Hindustan Times.
  15. "Chasing sunshine". Femina (India).
  16. "Letting Go: A Mother's Perspective". Women's Web. 4 May 2012.
  17. "Wish to pen a book? Make a splash with blogging". Times of India. 7 October 2015.
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