Author: Sonia Chatterjee

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.

Featured in The Statesman newspaper for being a part of the Kolkata Crime Writers Festival

The Statesman was the first English newspaper I read, or rather I was advised to read for a better command over English. To see my name and picture in the same paper for being a part of the Kolkata Crime Writers Festival at Storyteller Bookstore feels surreal. It’s equally wonderful to see both my books, ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ and ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ featured prominently in the article.

Baba was so excited that he immediately went out to grab a physical copy of the newspaper. I only wish Ma was still around to share this joy.

Heartfelt gratitude to my literary agent Suhail and The Book Bakers for being a part of my journey as an author. I’m grateful to my publishers – Arup Bose from Srishti Publishers & Distributors and Vishal Soni from Vishwakarma Publications for their continued support in all my bookish endeavours.

Thank you Amrita Di and Mayura for having me.

Link to the e- paper:
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/m5/4010473/Delhi-The-Statesman/18-05-2025#page/12/1

Book Launch of Bhaskar Som at the Storyteller Bookstore on 17th May

It was a thrilling experience at the Book launch of Bhaskar Som’s book ‘The Raja of Jongol Badi’ represented by Suhail’s literary agency, The Book Bakers and published by Om Books International at the Storyteller Bookstore on 17th May.. The panel discussion moderated by Souvik was engrossing as Anushila, Amritendu and I shared our journey as authors and book details while getting to delve deeper into Bhaskar Da’s book.

The book launch

It was equally wonderful to see so many Kolkata TBB authors attending the event. Thank you for the warm welcome,Mayura and Cox Studios for the memento.

Celebrating Mother’s Day 2025

My strongest cheerleader, best friend and biggest inspiration – eternally grateful to God for blessing us with a son like him. On this mother’s day, all I told him was that ‘no one else will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you are the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.’ 🧿

At my book launch and the Kolkata Book Fair

He made it an equally special day for me with his handmade gifts and thoughtful gestures.

A wonderful gift!

The kid’s first experience of watching theatre at the Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata

The kid’s first experience of watching theatre at the Academy of Fine Arts turned out to be memorable as it was the birthday of the theatre group ‘Bohurupi’. They brought the Halisahar Malancha group’s play ‘Nishikutum’ on stage.

At the Academy of Fine Arts

Instagram Live link of my session on The Book Bakers’ Page

If you missed the Instagram live session on The Book Bakers page where Rrashima Verma and I had a lot of fun discussing my writing journey, books and multiple fun aspects, here’s the link to watch the video –

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Join us tomorrow at 6 30 pm on Instagram

Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. I’ll be in conversation with Rrashima Verma on the Instagram page of The Book Bakers , where I’ll be discussing my books, best selling non fiction ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ and PVLF nominated fiction ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death’.

Join us for an enthralling and engaging session as we touch upon the ideas of writing murder mysteries on the Instagram handle @thebookbakers.

T-20S with Rrashima Season 2 featuring bestselling author Sonia Chatterjee

Hello! Please join us for an intriguing and engaging session on 26th April, Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. on The Book Bakers Instagram page (@thebookbakers) where I discuss books, writing, my journey and many other things with best selling author Rrashima Verma.

Thank you Suhail and The Book Bakers for the opportunity.

Excited to be a part of the rocking T-20s with Rrashima, Season 2.

World Book Day 2025

On World Book Day 2025, here’s the link to all the books written by me available on Amazon. I hope you choose one or more and enjoy reading them.

https://amazon.com/author/soniachatterjee

World Book Day

Happy reading!

Request for ratings/reviews of my books on Amazon and a major announcement

A gratitude post for:

My literary agent- The Book Bakers,
The publisher ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ – Vishwakarma Publications,
The publisher of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ – Srishti Publishers & Distributors
&
All my readers who chose and read my book(s).

I only have one more request for you. If you’ve read one or both my books, please leave a rating/review on Amazon on the below links –

Diary, Deceit and Death:

The Sanyasi who became a King –

https://srishti.pub/sanyasi

It’s going to help me improve my craft as an author.

And now a happy announcement to end the post. I’ve started working on the next book and it’s going to be a fresh detective thriller, although there’s going to be a major twist. Stay tuned to know more.

soniasmusings.com makes it to the Top 100 Indian lifestyle blogs by Feedspot

I’m glad to announce that my blog soniasmusings.com is featured in the top 100 Indian lifestyle blogs by Feedspot. It’s an honour to share the platform with such amazing blogs in the list. Thank you, Anuj!