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'''Ankush Saikia''' (born 1975 in [[Tezpur, Assam]]<ref name=AS>{{cite web|last=Saikia|first=Ankush|title=Biography|url=http://ankushsaikia.com/biography/|publisher=Ankush Saikia|accessdate=24 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608002928/http://ankushsaikia.com/biography/|archive-date=8 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>) is an Indian author.<ref>{{cite web|title=The young brigade|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/12/20/stories/2007122051050300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224112040/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/12/20/stories/2007122051050300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=24 May 2014}}</ref> He grew up in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]; [[Assam]]; and [[Shillong]], Meghalaya.<ref name=SO>{{cite web|last=Boange|first=Dilshan|title=Exploring voices for Indian thriller fiction|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2014/01/19/mon10.asp|publisher=Sunday Observer|accessdate=24 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118202523/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2014/01/19/mon10.asp|archive-date=18 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Saikia has previously worked as a journalist at ''[[India Today]]'', ''indiaabroad.com'', and ''[[Express India]]'', and as a senior editor in the publishing firm [[Dorling Kindersley]] (India).<ref>{{cite web|title=City Blues |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyId=239988 |publisher=Express India |accessdate=24 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821231531/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyId=239988 |archivedate=21 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Ankush Saikia |url=http://www.timeoutbengaluru.net/books/features/interview-ankush-saikia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140524071924/http://www.timeoutbengaluru.net/books/features/interview-ankush-saikia |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2014 |publisher=Time Out Bengaluru |accessdate=24 May 2014 }}</ref> He is currently self-employed.

He was shortlisted for the Outlook–Picador India non-fiction writing award (2005).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ankushsaikia.com/biography/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608002928/http://ankushsaikia.com/biography/ |archive-date=8 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also written features and long-form pieces (mostly on North East India) for [[Tehelka]], Scroll.in, [[Hindustan Times]], fountainink.in, [[The Caravan]], [[Assam Tribune]], Eclectic Northeast, DailyO, [[Indian Express]], [[The Hindu]] etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/ankush-saikia/|title = Ankush Saikia | Indian Express, the Hindu Journalist | Muck Rack}}</ref>

Several of his books, including the three-book Detective Arjun Arora series, have been optioned by film production companies. His 8th book, ''The Forest Beneath the Mountains'', an environmental novel set along the borderlands of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, was published by Speaking Tiger Books in March 2021.

==Bibliography==
*''Jet City Woman'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|last=BAGCHI|first=AMITABHA|title=When The Centre And The Periphery Meet|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws190108centre_periphery.asp|publisher=Tehelka|accessdate=24 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030314/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws190108centre_periphery.asp|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Choudhury|first=Sonya Dutta|title=Stale News|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Stale+news/1/3638.html|publisher=India Today|accessdate=24 May 2014}}</ref>
*''Spotting Veron and other Stories'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|last=Garg|first=Aditi|title=Glimpses of life|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110821/spectrum/book3.htm|publisher=Tribune India|accessdate=24 May 2014}}</ref>
*''[[The Girl from Nongrim Hills]]'' (2013) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thebchmag.com/interview-with-ankush-saikia/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093645/http://thebchmag.com/interview-with-ankush-saikia/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Dead Meat'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tehelka.com/palatable-pulp/?singlepage=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114613/http://www.tehelka.com/palatable-pulp/?singlepage=1 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Red River, Blue Hills'' (2015)
*''Remember Death'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-of-ankush-saikia-s-remember-death/story-DxUn52QjxME4bvx677o7KM.html|title = Remember Death review: Most pulp fiction fails to portray true India. Not this|date = 21 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/books/compelling-tightrope-walk-895|title = A compelling tightrope walk|date = 14 October 2016}}</ref>
*''More Bodies Will Fall'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/more-bodies-will-fall-by-ankush-saikia-reviewed-by-zac-oyeah/article23524284.ece|title = More Bodies Will Fall by Ankush Saikia reviewed by Zac O'Yeah|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 14 April 2018|last1 = O'Yeah|first1 = Zac}}</ref>
*''The Forest Beneath the Mountains'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewthe-forest-beneath-the-mountain-by-ankush-saikia-101622214814163.html|title = Review: The Forest Beneath the Mountains by Ankush Saikia|date = 28 May 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/ankush-saikia/ Ankush Saikia] at [[Penguin India]]

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