My detective thriller ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ is now available in the Vishwakarma Publications stall (G-53) at the ongoing Pune Book Festival from 13th -21st December. If you are in Pune, please visit the venue to grab a copy.
The book is represented by The Book Bakers and published by Vishwakarma Publications.
7 years ago, I met Suhail for the first time in Kolkata. I had just been signed up by The Book Bakers. I felt nervous excitement as I spoke about my aspirations in the new journey of writing. He was patient and understanding. It took me three more years to give him the manuscript of ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ since I decided to go ahead with an MFA in 2019. And then he got me the deal for ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ in 2023.
Two days ago, he came to Kolkata with Sumedha and Samaira for Prasun’s wife Brinda’s book launch. It was a delight to meet him in person and his rocking sense of humour put everyone at ease.
Over the past few years, every time I spoke to him, I never failed to mention how grateful I’m to have him in my life as my mentor, friend, and guide. He has never been just my literary agent but more like a younger brother to me. So when we met yesterday for a brainstorming session on our upcoming collaborations, I tied a rakhi on his wrist. This moment will forever be one of the most special memories for me.
He always jokes about how I don’t know what it means to send a short written or audio message and he has to read/hear my messages in installments. So how could I let go of this opportunity to write paragraphs for one of the most special persons in my life and writing journey? I’m sure he’s going to come back with another ‘puntastistic’ response to this
Here’s to many more amazing books, future collaborations and special moments. Come back sooner to Kolkata, Suhail!
Heartfelt gratitude to Kainaz, Aabs Publishing House & Reader’s Choice for featuring both my books in the Heyzine magazine.
The magazine carries details of –
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I hope you enjoy reading it.
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
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.
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
Happy reading!
A gratitude post for:
My literary agent- The Book Bakers,
The publisher ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ –Â Vishwakarma Publications,
The publisher of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ – Srishti Publishers & Distributors
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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 –
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.
Kolkata hosted the first Crime Writers Festival today at Storyteller Bookstore. And it turned out to be an evening to remember with some enthralling sessions and a vibrant audience.
It was a pleasure talking about writing crime thrillers.
Thank you, Srishti Publishers & Distributors, Vishwakarma Publications, The Book Bakers for always extending your support and encouraging me
It was lovely meeting a few readers and signing copies of my books for them.
This event gave me an opportunity to interact with the noted director of Bengali movies, Mr. Arindam Sil and I could handover my books personally to him after he expressed an interest in reading them.
Hoping to see more such initiatives in my city.
Kolkata is having its first crime writers festival on the 29th of March at the Storyteller Bookstore, Picnic Garden from 2 to 7 p.m. I’ll be a part of the panel discussion on the topic “In Agatha Christie’s footsteps” from 4:45 p.m.
Heartfelt gratitude to my publishers Vishal Soni Sir of Vishwakarma Publications and Arup Bose of Srishti Publishers & Distributors.
Join us for some enthralling sessions on crime writing. See you on the 29th.
The fair was buzzing with people today. I went to sign copies of ‘Diary, Deceit Death’ in the Storyteller Stall and ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ in the Sristhi Publishers Stall. A few friends had messaged that they would go tomorrow to pick up copies of my books, so I thought of keeping some signed for them. Besides it was the perfect time to meet Shouvik of Srishti Publishers & Distributors. Thank you Arup for the constant encouragement.
Signing copies at Storyteller Bookstore stall for the second time was a pleasure. Thank you Mayura for the support. A big thanks to Vishal Soni of Vishwakarma Publications and Uttam Patil for arranging this.
But it was a pleasant surprise when Basubhadra dropped in with her family to buy an author signed copy of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ for gifting. I know it’s her second copy of this book, so a tight hug to you, Rhea. After 33 years, Anupriya Banerjee Misra chose the book fair as the perfect venue for a reunion. Thank you for picking up both my books.
Suhail and team The Book Bakers , this wouldn’t have been possible without you. Thank you!
To those visiting the fair tomorrow, you can grab signed copies of my books at E-86 (The Sanyasi who became a King) and E-39 (Diary, Deceit and Death). Also, it’s the last day of the fair.
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