Aashisha Chakraborty is an Indian author and management professional. She received the PM-YUVA from the Ministry of Education and Write India awards, and is the author of a bestseller, Misadventures of a Salesgirl.[1][2][3]
Chakraborty debuted as an author with her bestselling novel called Mis(s)adventures of a Salesgirl, published by Rupa Publications.[4][5][6][7] The book was loosely based on her experiences as a sales manager. Her second book is a work of historical fiction with the National Book Trust, titled The 13-year-old Queen and Her Inherited Destiny.[8][9] The YUVA authors who had their books published by NBT were congratulated by Shashi Tharoor,[10] and was launched at the World Book Fair by Nobel Laureate, Annie Ernaux and exhibited at the book fairs in Seoul, London, and Abu Dhabi. She has also contributed to anthologies by Readomania, Women's Web, and InsideIIM. She was also one of the winners of Kaafiya, the Delhi Poetry Festival.
Writing
Books
Mis(s)adventures of a Salesgirl (Rupa Publications, 2022)
The 13-year-old Queen and her inherited destiny (National Book Trust, 2023)
Short stories
‘Leave your Sex Outside’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘The Lady of the Ring’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘Singhasan Battisi’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘Twilight Beckons’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘The Constant’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘The Hashtag Hero’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘The Amulet of Jyotisar’ (Readomania Premium, 2021)
‘RGB’ (Readomania Book of Crime, 2021)
‘The Black Promise’ (Write India Stories Season 2, 2018)
‘The Holy Trinity’ (Mock, Stalk and Quarrel, Readomania, 2016)
‘Brown’ (Kaafiyana, 2015)
‘The Reunion’ (Badi Badi Campuses ki Chhoti Chhoti Stories, 2017)
