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{{Infobox writer
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|7 February 1987}}
| birth_place = [[Mehsana]], Gujarat, India
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| occupation = Indian author and screenwriter
| education = [[Delhi College of Engineering]], [[Management Development Institute]]
| genre = Romance, [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
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| years_active = 2008– Present
| website = {{URL|http://dattadurjoy.com/}}
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'''Durjoy Datta''' is an Indian author and screenwriter.

==Early and personal life==
Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February 1987 in Mehsana, [[Gujarat]], in a [[Bengali Hindu]] family,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/i-have-had-a-very-colourful-life-durjoy-datta/articleshow/27182114.cms|title=I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and was brought up in New Delhi. He completed his schooling at the Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, and went on to do mechanical engineering at [[Delhi Technological University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vowelor.com/about/durjoy-datta/|title = About: Durjoy Datta|date = 9 February 2017}}</ref> He has done his post-graduation from [[Management Development Institute]], Gurgaon and [[Frankfurt School of Finance & Management]], Germany. In 2011, he quit his job as a marketing analyst and became a full-time writer.<ref name="autohin">{{cite web|title=New-age authors cash in on growing market|url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/placeholder-ht-ui-businesssectionpage-topstories/new-age-authors-cash-in-on-growing-market/article1-1016478.aspx|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626131209/http://www.hindustantimes.com/placeholder-ht-ui-businesssectionpage-topstories/new-age-authors-cash-in-on-growing-market/article1-1016478.aspx|url-status= dead|archive-date= 26 June 2015|website = hindustantimes.com|date = 24 February 2013|access-date = 1 May 2012}}</ref> He is married to model Avantika Mohan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/tweet-na/articleshow/51114154.cms|title=Tweet na?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-durjoy-datta-and-avantika-mohan-s-honeymoon-these-pics-will-give-you-serious-vacation-goals-2194162|title=Durjoy Datta's honeymoon pics are giving us ultimate relationship goals|date=20 March 2016 }}</ref>

==Career==
Durjoy Datta's first novel, ''[[Of Course I Love You ..! Till I Find Someone Better|Of Course I Love You!]]'' (co-authored with Maanvi Ahuja) was released by Srishti Publishers in 2008<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/829091/we-find-our-writers-through-unsolicited-submissions-we-read-every-manuscript-jayanta-kumar-bose|title='We find our writers through unsolicited submissions. We read every manuscript': Jayanta Kumar Bose|last=Gupta|first=Kanishka|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}}</ref> while he was still in college.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277582|title = The Lo-Cal Literati|website = outlookindia.com|date = 18 July 2011|access-date = 30 May 2015}}</ref> In August 2009, his second novel, ''Now That You're Rich!'', was released.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hariharan|first=Nandhitha|title=Man behind the words|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/nxg/article95535.ece|website = thehindu.com|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref> In the summer of 2010, his third novel, ''She Broke Up, I Didn't!'', released.<ref>{{cite news|title=Street-smart best-sellers|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/streetsmart-bestsellers/750123/0|accessdate=26 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> His fourth novel'', Ohh Yes, I Am Single!'', was co-written with Neeti Rustagi.<ref>{{cite news|last=Aastha Atray Banan|title=The Lovey-Dovey Boys|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/the-lovey-dovey-boys|accessdate=26 April 2012|newspaper=Open Magazine|date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
After graduating from MDI, Gurgaon, in 2011, he co-founded Grapevine India Publishers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/the-lovey-dovey-boys|title= The Lovey-Dovey Boys|website = openthemagazine.com|date = 21 April 2012|access-date = 30 May 2015}}</ref> His fifth novel, ''You Were My Crush!'', was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September 2011. ''[[If It's Not Forever]]!'', his sixth novel, was released on 1 February 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120301/jsp/entertainment/story_15196286.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Sreyoshi | last=Dey | title=Books: Love, Sex And Marriage | date=1 March 2012 | access-date=19 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109201432/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120301/jsp/entertainment/story_15196286.jsp | archive-date=9 November 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/durjoy-datta-launches-new-novel-on-v-day-news-entertainment-mcppOxacifa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121170427/http://www.sify.com/news/durjoy-datta-launches-new-novel-on-v-day-news-entertainment-mcppOxacifa.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2014 |title=Durjoy Datta launches new novel on V-Day |website=[[Sify]] |date=15 February 2012 |accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref> In the same year, ''Till the Last Breath...'' was published.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ingoodbooks.com/398/shades-of-love/|title= Most remarkable and shocking story|website= ingoodbooks.com|date=26 November 2012|accessdate=28 June 2015}}</ref> On 4 February 2013, ''Someone Like You'', a novel he co-wrote with [[Nikita Singh]], was released by [[Penguin Books|Penguin India]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Username * |url=http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/durjoy-datta |title=Durjoy Datta |publisher=Penguin Books India |date= |accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref> His ninth novel ''Hold My Hand'' released on 5 August 2013. His tenth novel ''When Only Love Remains'' was published on 19 June 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/of-love-laced-stories-and-emotional-sagas/article1-1234351.aspx|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112127/http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/of-love-laced-stories-and-emotional-sagas/article1-1234351.aspx|url-status = dead|archive-date = 26 June 2015|title= Of love laced stories and emotional sagas|website = hindustantimes.com|date = 28 June 2014|access-date = 30 May 2015}}</ref> His eleventh novel ''World's ̷Best Boyfriend'' was published on 24 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/there-s-a-pressure-to-tell-a-new-story-every-time-durjoy-datta/article1-1352302.aspx|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150529030149/http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/there-s-a-pressure-to-tell-a-new-story-every-time-durjoy-datta/article1-1352302.aspx|url-status = dead|archive-date = 29 May 2015|title= There's a pressure to tell a new story every time|website = [[Hindustan Times]]|date = 28 May 2015|access-date = 30 May 2015}}</ref> His twelfth novel, ''Our Impossible Love'' and thirteenth novel, ''The Girl of my Dreams'' were published in 2016.<ref name = "dd">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/interviews/Fans-ask-me-to-leave-my-wife-for-them-Durjoy-Datta/articleshow/53335504.cms|title=Fans ask me to leave my wife for them: Durjoy Datta|website=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/for-love-madness-and-thrills/story-zCHOZkHiZczPzkyG2xJjQP.html|title = Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller|website = Hindustan Times|access-date = 31 December 2016}}</ref> He has co-authored books with Maanvi Ahuja, Neeti Rustagi, Orvana Ghai and Nikita Singh. He has also hosted [[TEDx]] talks<ref>{{cite web|title=TEDx Speakers – Durjoy Datta| url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5618}}</ref> and conferences in colleges, and has written blogs for Miss Malini and [[That's So Gloss]].

He was listed among young achievers in Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=happenings|url=http://www.whistlingwoods.net|accessdate=29 November 2011}}</ref> His debut show [[Sadda Haq (TV series)|Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice]] won the ''Youth Show – fiction'' category at [[Zee Gold Awards]] in 2014 and at [[Indian Telly Awards]] in 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/tellyawards/2014/index/pages/popular|title = List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014|date = 9 September 2014|website = indiantelevision.com|access-date = 7 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150626121135/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/tellyawards/2014/index/pages/popular|archive-date = 26 June 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/tellyawards/nominees/winners|title = List of nominees and winners of 14th Inwdian Telly Awards, 2015|date = 28 November 2015|website = indiantelevision.com|access-date = 6 December 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160420095547/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/tellyawards/nominees/winners|archivedate = 20 April 2016|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/I-have-had-a-very-colourful-life-Durjoy-Datta/articleshow/27182114.cms|title=I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}}</ref>

==Works==

===Novels===
* [[Of Course I Love You|Of Course I Love You..!<small>...Till I Find Someone Better</small>]] (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) (2008)
* Our Impossible Love (2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=Durjoy Datta to pen first non-fiction series with new take on love|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2017/aug/29/durjoy-datta-to-pen-first-non-fiction-series-with-new-take-on-love-1649751.html|website=The New Indian Express|date=29 August 2017 |access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref>
* The Girl of my Dreams (2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/for-love-madness-and-thrills/story-zCHOZkHiZczPzkyG2xJjQP.html|website=hindustantimes.com/|accessdate=17 February 2018|language=en|date=17 October 2016}}</ref>
* The Boy who Loved (2017)<ref>[https://www.vowelor.com/book/the-boy-who-loved-durjoy-datta-review/ "The Boy Who Loved"] by Durjoy Datta, ''Penguin Random House''</ref>
* The Boy with A Broken Heart (2017)<ref>[https://www.vowelor.com/book/the-boy-with-broken-heart-durjoy-datta/ "The Boy with A Broken Heart"] by Durjoy Datta, ''Penguin India Metro Reads''</ref>
*Wish I Could Tell You (2019)<ref>[https://www.vowelor.com/book/wish-i-could-tell-you-durjoy-datta/ "Wish I Could Tell You"] by Durjoy Datta, ''Penguin India Metro Reads''</ref>
* World's Best Girlfriend (2023) <ref>{{ cite web|url=https://www.fairobserver.com/culture/book/worlds-worst-best-girlfriend/ | title= World's Worst Best Girlfriend by Fair Observer| date= 24 September 2023}}</ref>

===Television shows===
* [[Sadda Haq (TV series)|''Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice'']] (co-writer Sumrit Shahi) (2013–2016)
* ''[[Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi]]'' [Screenplay writer (co-writer Raghuvir Shekhawat)] (2016–2017)
*''Never Kiss Your Best Friend'' [Screenplay writer] (2020)<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 January 2020|title=Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship|language=en-US|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/never-kiss-your-best-friend-review-nakuul-mehta-anya-singh-6238731/|access-date=2021-07-09}}</ref>
*''Kill Dill - The Heartbreak Club'' [Dialogues and Screenplay Writer (co-writer Sumrit Shahi] (2025)

==Awards and recognition==
*2017 [[Crossword Book Award]], Popular Choice Award, fiction, for ''Our Impossible Love''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/latest/865564/josy-joseph-sujit-saraf-and-karan-johar-among-the-winners-of-this-years-crossword-book-awards |title=Josy Joseph, Sujit Saraf and Karan Johar among the winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards |work=Scroll.in |author= |date=17 January 2018 |accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>
*2018 Crossword Book Award, Popular Choice Award, fiction, for ''The Boy Who Loved''<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards|url=https://scroll.in/latest/906481/sudha-murthy-ruskin-bond-snigdha-poonam-among-winners-of-this-years-crossword-book-awards|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Scroll.in|date=20 December 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Indian writers]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507111610/http://www.grapevineindia.com/index.php Grapevine India Publishers]
* [http://in.linkedin.com/pub/durjoy-datta/7/161/737 Work Summary]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://books.whatstrendingnow.com/top-ten-indian-romantic-novels/ Listed as one Top 10 Indian Authors]

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