Nikita Singh

Nikita Singh
Born (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991
Patna, Bihar, India
Residence New York City
Nationality Indian
Citizenship India
Education

Master of Fine Arts – Creative Writing

Bachelor of Pharmacy
Occupation Writer, Marketer
Years active 2011 - Present
Employer SunPower by Venture Solar
Known for Author of Every Time It Rains, Someone Like You, Like a Love Song
Website nikitasingh.com

Nikita Singh (born 6 October 1991) is an Indian writer.[1][2][3] She has written eleven books including Every Time It Rains, Like a Love Song, The Promise and After All This Time.[4][5][6] In February 2013, Someone Like You, a book she co-wrote with Durjoy Datta, was released by Penguin India.[7] 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, Ranchi, in 2008. She graduated in pharmacy at the Acropolis Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Indore in 2012. She then moved to New York for a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from The New School, New York City, from where she graduated in 2016.[8][9][10]

She signed a contract with Penguin Books India in 2011 and also joined Grapevine India as an editor. She wrote her first book Love @ Facebook when 19 years old and was studying pharmacy.[11] 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 and nominated for a First International Young Author Award, to be held in April 2018 in UAE.[12]

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. Nikita also edited an anthology ’25 Strokes of Kindness’ with author Orvana Ghai.[13]

Singh has also spoken on various TEDx conferences in colleges across India.[14][15] She was also an editor in Grapevine India.[16][17] Her recent bestseller Like a Love Song was released in March 2016.[18][19] "Like a Love Song" was followed by "Every Time It Rains" which was released in Feb, 2017.[20][21] Her latest book Letter To My Ex was released on February 14, 2018 and immediately found a place in the bestseller lists.[22][23]

Bibliography

Nikita Singh at her book launch in Pune dated 21st February 2018
  • Love @ Facebook (2011)
  • Accidentally in Love… With Him? Again? (2011)
  • If It's Not Forever… It's Not Love (2012)
  • The Promise (2012)
  • 25 Strokes of Kindness (2013)
  • Someone Like You (2013)
  • The Unreasonable Fellows (2013)
  • Right Here Right Now (2014)
  • After All This Time (2015)
  • Like A Love Song (2016)
  • Every Time It Rains (2017)
  • Letters To My Ex (2018)
Nikita Singh at her book launch in Pune in 2016

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. ↑ "Why romance writer Nikita Singh changes publishers".
  4. ↑ "Book Launch: Nikita Singh's 'Right Here Right Now'".
  5. ↑ "Book Review: If It's Not Forever It's Not Love By Durjoy Datta and Nikita Singh". Youth24x7.com. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  6. ↑ Babita Basu (8 March 2014). "In the words of a writer-entrepreneur". Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nikita Singh Profile". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  8. ↑ "Meet Ranveer Singh's wife! Can you guess who's romance writer Nikita Singh's 'hubby'? Ranveer Singh!".
  9. ↑ "Student Achievement". Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Nikita Singh - Profile". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. ↑ An Interview With Nikita Singh Archived 25 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Gautam Sunder (10 May 2014). "Book Launch: Nikita Singh's 'Right Here Right Now'". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Orvana has also co-edited another famous book by Nikita Singh called '25 Strokes Of Kindness'! (Image Courtesy - Instagram)".
  14. ↑ "Speakers". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "People shame you when you are ugly, and also when you are not: Nikita Singh".
  16. ↑ Shalini Shah (20 February 2013). "Two to tell a tale". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Sreyoshi Dey (1 March 2012). "Books: Love, Sex And Marriage". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Kolkata: Nikita Singh launches 'Like a Love Song' at Starmark - newkerala.com #43965". www.newkerala.com. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Young writer's book released - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "Nikita Singh Upcoming author TOI".
  21. ↑ "Every Time It Rains" by Nikita Singh, Harlequin Books
  22. ↑ "Letters To My Ex-Nikita Singh | PDF | • E-BookPool". E-BookPool. 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  23. ↑ "Letters to My Ex by Nikita Singh - Word Pinnacle". Word Pinnacle. 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

See also

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