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{{short description|Indian English-language author|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rasana Atreya
| image =
| imagesize = 200px
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka, India
| occupation = Writer
| education = M.S. (computer engineering)
| known_for =Tell A Thousand Lies, Temple Is Not My Father
| alma_mater = [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad]]<br/>
[[Marquette University]], US
| website = {{url|rasanaatreya.com/}}
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'''Rasana Atreya''' is an Indian [[English-language]] author. Her debut novel ''Tell A Thousand Lies'' was shortlisted for the "2012 Tibor Jones South Asia prize."<ref>{{cite web | title=SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL TIBOR JONES SOUTH ASIA PRIZE |url=http://www.tiborjones.com/news/shortlist-announced-for-first-annual-tibor-jones-south-asia-prize| date=16 December 2011 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=Tibor Jones Official Website}}</ref>
She is also the India ambassador for the [[Alliance of Independent Authors]].<ref>{{cite web | title=What our Member Say – ALLi |url=http://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/portfolio/what-our-members-say/ | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=ALLi}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Rasana completed her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya schools across the country and has a B.E. in Instrumentation engineering from [[Osmania University]], India, and M.S. in Computer engineering from [[Marquette University|Marquette University, Milwaukee]], United States. She is also a trained 'Volunteer Rape Crisis' counselor by Bay Area Women Against Rape organization. She is the founder of The India Readathon,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theindiareadathon.weebly.com/about.html | title=About | publisher=The India Readathon | accessdate=19 July 2018 }}</ref> a platform which aims to introduce readers to self-published books (ebooks and audio) set in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and Maldives). Her other novels include ''Temple Is Not My Father'', ''28 Years A Bachelor'', and ''Valley Isle Secrets'' (a Kindle Worlds novella based on Toby Neal's Lei Crime Series).

== Critical acclaim ==
''Tell A Thousand Lies'' was shortlisted for the 2012 Tibor Jones South Asia Award.<ref>{{cite web | title=Tibor Jones South Asia Prize shortlist |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/tibor-jones-south-asia-prize-shortlist/article2763383.ece| date=31 December 2011 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=The Hindu}}</ref> While her first three novels handle woman-centric issues, with ''Valley Isle Secrets'', she has ventured into thriller genre.

Rasana declined a traditional publishing contract to self-publish her work.<ref>{{cite web | title=Aspiring authors take e-route to success|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aspiring-authors-take-e-route-to-success-208659-2014-10-05 | date=5 October 2014 | access-date=20 May 2016 | work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=New breed of writers take to digital self-publishing |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/new-breed-of-writers-take-to-digital-self-publishing/story-OgmC1hwVCBq9V2yvIRsQfJ.html | date=21 July 2014 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> She has been interviewed on self-publishing by many major publications in India.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ebooks help out-of-print classics and pulp fiction return on e-readers |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-09/news/53731052_1_kindle-ebooks-app |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910080800/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-09/news/53731052_1_kindle-ebooks-app |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2014 | date=9 September 2014 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

== Workshops and panels ==
* Panelist, Navigating the Road to Self Publishing, Times Lit Fest. 4 December 2016 (with Neal Thompson, Director of Author and Publishing Relations, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]])<ref>{{cite web | title=Lit Fest Schedule | url=http://www.timeslitfest.com/schedule-4-dec.php | date=4 December 2015 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=Times LitFest | archive-date=20 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520095501/http://www.timeslitfest.com/schedule-4-dec.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Workshop. The Art of Self Publishing at the Hyderabad Lit Fest, 24 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title=Decoding Hyderabad Literary Festival 2015 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/Decoding-Hyderabad-Literary-Festival-2015/articleshow/46053687.cms | date=1 February 2015 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Times of India}}</ref>
* Panelist on publishing, Hyderabad Literary Festival 20 January 2013 (with [[Kulpreet Yadav]])<ref>{{cite web | title=Hyderabad Lit Fest 2013 | url=http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=48&id=4035 | date=2013 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=Welcome to Muse India | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414193124/http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=48&id=4035 | archivedate=14 April 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Panelist on publishing, Jaipur Literary Festival 24 January 2013 (with Meru Gokhale, Editor-in-Chief, Random House, UK; [[Alexandra Pringle]], Editor-in-Chief Bloomsbury; Rick Simonson, Artemis Kirk)<ref>{{cite web | title=Jaipur Lit Fest 2013 |url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/archive/userfiles/24-28programme%20Grid.pdf | date= 27 January 2013 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= jaipurliteraturefestival.org}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* ''Tell A Thousand Lies''<ref>{{cite web | title=My self-publishing Journey |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/my-selfpublishing-journey/article3729461.ece| date=5 August 2012 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Book Review | url=http://www.whackk.com/bookked/2012/11/08/book-review-tell-thousand-lies-rasana-atreya | date=8 November 2012 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work=Whackk: Magnet to Madness | archive-date=8 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508064150/http://www.whackk.com/bookked/2012/11/08/book-review-tell-thousand-lies-rasana-atreya | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Book Review |url=http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Tell-a-Thousand-Lies-Rasana-Atreya-review-orrpulqsur| date=4 March 2014 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Mouthshut.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Tell A Thousand Lies | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13529957-tell-a-thousand-lies | date=8 March 2012 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Goodreads}}</ref>
* ''Temple Is Not My Father''<ref>{{cite web | title=Book Review |url=http://www.mouthshut.com/review/The-Temple-Is-Not-My-Father-Rasana-Atreya-review-pptqosstms | date=22 September 2014 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Mouthshut.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Temple Is Not My Father | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22722761-the-temple-is-not-my-father | date=11 July 2014 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Goodreads}}</ref>
* ''28 Years A Bachelor''<ref>{{cite web | title=28 Years A Bachelor | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23269600-28-years-a-bachelor | date=31 October 2014 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Goodreads}}</ref>
* ''Valley Isle Secrets''<ref>{{cite web | title= Valley Isle Secrets | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28262341-the-lei-crime-series | date=20 December 2015 | accessdate=20 May 2016 | work= Goodreads}}</ref>

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[[Category:English-language Indian writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Bengaluru]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Women writers from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Osmania University alumni]]
[[Category:Novelists from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women novelists]]

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