AISHWARYA JHA BOOKS

Aishwarya Jha is an award-winning Indian author, designer, playwright, and entrepreneur based in New Delhi. Her writing explores human relationships, memory, identity, belonging, and the intricate connections between people and the places they inhabit. Her debut novel, The Scent of Fallen Stars, was published by Penguin Random House India in 2024 and won the prestigious Ram Nath Goenka Sahithya Samman for Fiction. Her work has appeared in several literary journals and publications, including The Bombay Literary Magazine, Scroll.in, and The New Indian Express, as well as a literary anthology at the University of Oxford. She has also been a mentee of the Asian Women Writers programme and has participated in prominent literary festivals, including the Jaipur Literature Festival. Beyond writing, Jha has experience in theatre as an actor, director, and playwright. She is also the co-founder of Indophile, an initiative dedicated to celebrating Indian culture and heritage