Glimpses of the Author Session on Jan 5th at The Storyteller Bookstore
About the evening of Jan 5th – The author session hosted by ‘Readwithus’ Book Club in association with Kolkata Bookworms at the Storyteller Bookstore turned out to be a vibrant and lively event where I met and interacted with a bunch of young and curious minds.
The books on displayBefore more than half of them were sold out
I ended up signing a good number of copies, posing with my readers and giving a few interviews as well.
The sessionThe group
Thank you for showering so much love on Diary, Deceit and Death. Like I said, Detective Raya Ray is definitely here to stay.
InterviewsBook signingPosing with readers
What is even more interesting is how the community was excited to hear about my new nonfiction book which was released yesterday. You can detail of the same in my next post.
She loved the session so much that she bought 5 copies of my book as gift to her friendsWith the organizer, Khushi of Kolkata Bookworms
There are thousands of pictures and videos from the event, and it was no less than a herculean task to choose just a few of them.
Those who are yet to grab a copy, you can do it from the link below. Both the paperback and e-book versions are available.
An alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), Delhi University, and XIME (Bangalore), Sonia Chatterjee holds two post-graduate degrees in Chemistry and Management and an MFA in creative writing from Writer's Village University. With eight years of experience in the banking sector as a Branch Head, she took a sabbatical from the corporate world to start her blog soniasmusings.com. Her blog consistently featured in the Top Indian Blogs list from 2019 to 2024.
Her articles have been published on various digital platforms such as Women's Web, Youth Ki Awaaz, Tuck's Magazine, and Period Magazine. She was invited as a speaker at the Breaking Barriers, Kolkata 2018 event by the Women's Web, at the Women Writer’s Fest, Kolkata, 2020, and the Crime Writers Festival, Kolkata,2025.
Sonia has written two detective thrillers titled ‘Deal of Death – Introducing Raya Ray’ (2019) and ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death – A Raya Ray Adventure’ (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024) and a non-fiction book on true crime titled ‘The Sanyasi Who Became a King’ (Sristhi Publishers, 2025). Her book ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death’ was shortlisted for the PVLF Awards 2024-25 in the Best Fiction Category.
Sonia lives in Kolkata with her doctor husband and nine-and-a-half-year-old son.
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