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'''Krishna Udayasankar''' is a Singapore-based Indian author, known for her modern retelling of [[Mahabharata]] through the novel cycle, ''The Aryavarta Chronicles'' (''Govinda'', ''Kaurava'' and ''Kurukshetra'').<ref>{{cite web|last1=Udayasankar|first1=Krishna|url=http://www.aryavartachronicles.com/the_books.html|title=The Books|website=Aryavarta Chronicles|publisher=Hachette India|accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref> She is also the author of ''Immortal'', ''3'' - a novel on the founding of Singapore - and ''Objects of Affection'' – a book of prose-poems.<br />
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==Personal life and education==<br />
A graduate of the [[National Law School of India University]] (NLSIU), Bangalore, Krishna holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the [[Nanyang Business School]], Singapore and has published two textbooks: ''International Business: An Asian Perspective'' (2015) and ''Global Business Today'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web |title=Blurb for 3 |url=https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/3-krishna-udayasankar |website=Ethos Books}}</ref> Her book ''Beast'' (2019), an urban fantasy thriller is published by [[Penguin Random House]], who have also taken over the rights for her entire backlist of five novels. In a session at the Bangalore Literary Festival in 2018, Udayasankar spoke of how she started writing fiction entirely by accident, and that her first work, ''The Aryavarta Chronicles'', started out as a satirical poem.<ref>{{cite web |title=BLF Live, BLF 2018 Reports |url=http://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/the-aryavarta-chronicles/ |website=Bangalore Literary Festival}}</ref><br />
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Krishna lives in Singapore with her family.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blurb, 3 |url=https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/3-krishna-udayasankar |website=Ethos Books}}</ref><br />
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==Books==<br />
*''Govinda'' (novel) (Hachette India, 2012)<br />
*''Objects of Affection'' (poetry anthology) (Math Paper Press, 2013)<br />
*''Body Boundaries: The Etiquette Anthology of Women's Writing'' (non-fiction) (The Literary Centre,2013)<br />
*''Kaurava'' (novel) (Hachette India, 2013)<br />
*''Kurukshetra'' (novel) (Hachette India, 2014)<br />
* ''3'' (novel) (Hachette, 2015)<br />
* ''Immortal'' (Hachette India, 2016) <br />
* ''Beast'' (Penguin India, 2019)<ref>{{cite web|title=Beast|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/uncategorized/beast/|website=Penguin India}}</ref><br />
* ''Buddha'' (Penguin India, TBA)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shetty|first1=Deepika|title=Penguin signs Singapore based author|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/singapore-based-writer-signs-with-penguin-india|website=Straits Times|accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref>- Forthcoming<br />
* ''The Cowherd Prince''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.aryavartachronicles.com The Aryavarta Chronicles]<br />
* [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/krishna-udayasankar/ Krishna Udayasankar] at [[Penguin India]]<br />
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