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{{Short description|Indian author (born 1985)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Sapan Saxena
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| alma_mater = [[Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad]]
| occupation = Novelist, software engineer
| genre = Literature, fiction writer, Indian mythology
| subject = Novels, short stories
| notableworks = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel)|Finders, Keepers]]''
* ''[[UNNS-The Captivation]]''
* ''[[The Tenth Riddle]]''
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'''Sapan Saxena''' (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian writer, known for his novels ''[[Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel)|Finders, Keepers]]'', ''[[UNNS-The Captivation]]'' and ''[[The Tenth Riddle]]''.

== Early life and education==
Sapan Saxena was born on 5 April 1985, at [[Kanpur]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. His father, Umesh, is a senior bank officer with [[UCO Bank]].

He did his engineering from [[Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/spandan-sets-pulses-racing-at-mnnit/story-CspzbhfQk9Y9WdTPEmuRbO.html|title=Spandan sets pulses racing at MNNIT}}</ref>

Saxena started writing blogs in the 2011 and his blog was covered by national mainstream media outlets, including ''[[The Times of India]]'' on a couple of occasions.

He often credits his father and the readers of his blog for pushing him into the world of novels.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=178271&boxid=62610&uid=&dat=2017-07-06|title=Techie's Journey: From blogger to writer}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Software engineer ===
He has worked for fourteen years in the software industry and works with [[UKG]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

=== Writer ===
====''Finders, Keepers''====
Saxena's first novel, ''Finders, Keepers'', was launched in January 2015 at [[Bhubaneshwar]]. The launch was covered by ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' and was attended by [[Padma Shri]] [[Prafulla Kar]] and novelist [[Santanu Kumar Acharya]] and ''[[ghazal]]'' singer [[Subhashish Panigrahi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/453874/The-New-Indian-Express-Bhubaneswar/08032015#page/2/2|title=Thriller Mystery Book Released|date=8 March 2015|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.orissapost.com/epaper/080315/p2.htm|title=New author's first novel released in city|date=8 March 2015|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

The book had another launch at the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology during the institute's annual cultural festival, [[Culrav]], which was attended by Shri [[Girdhar Malviya]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20150403/2565441.html|title=MNNIT cultural fiesta Culrav starts|date=3 April 2015|access-date=3 April 2015|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160637/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20150403/2565441.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Delhi]] launch of the book was attended by [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] MP from [[Meerut]], Shri [[Rajendra Agrawal]]. ''[[The Hindu]]'' covered the book in its [[Friday Fever]] section.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/whats-inside/article7110281.ece|title=What's inside|date=17 April 2015|access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

The book received mostly positive reviews from journalists and reviewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://writersmelon.com/2016/05/06/story-pushed-towards-writing/|title=My Story Pushed Me Towards Writing Itself}}</ref>

Samata Dey from ''[[IndiaCafe]]'' said "Sapan offered a very interesting story, where not only the plot but the atmosphere and the scenario the plot is based in, becomes the primal focus too. Some simple yet very confusing questions are asked in the different parts of the book which are related to the famous historical figures which is mind boggling".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiacafe24.com/book-reviews/finders-keepers-book-review/|title=An insight to the world of myths and facts|last=Dey|first=Samata|date=25 March 2015|access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref>

====''UNNS-The Captivation''====
Saxena's second novel's launch was covered by the [[Chandigarh]] chapter of ''[[The Indian Express]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/1100294/Chandigarh/February-10,-2017#page/19/2|title=UNNS THE CAPTIVATION (BOOK LAUNCH)}}</ref> and ''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/852028/21413734671/cph/map/tabs-1/02-14-2017/83/4/image/
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214183128/http://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/852028/21413734671/cph/map/tabs-1/02-14-2017/83/4/image/
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=14 February 2017
|title=Launch of Novel Unns-The Captivation}}</ref> The novel was published by [[Inspire India]] publishers.

Saxena mentions "The book is a romantic espionage thriller with a basic theme of the Sufi-inspired seven stages of love" when asked about the book.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://writersmelon.com/2017/03/20/research-sapan-saxena/
|title=Research Is The Key For My Books – Sapan Saxena
}}</ref> He claims the title UNNS is actually the second stage of love as per [[Sufi]] traditions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://captivatingmode.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/conversation-with-sapan-saxena/
|title=Conversation with Sapan Saxena
}}</ref>

In an interview with [[UC News]], Saxena mentioned, "UNNS is a romantic espionage thriller.".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://c.mp.ucweb.com/detail/ae8c7b3ccf7a4460977a8b020305c3d9?uc_param_str=dnvebichfrmintcpwidsudsvnwpflameefut|title=For the Love of Art: Author Interview: Sapan Saxena|website=c.mp.ucweb.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In another interview with [[The News Now]], he called the book "A story with a lot of depth and a lot of heart."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=122993|title='UNNS' – THE SECOND STAGE OF LOVE IN URDU, FEATURES IN THIS BOOK|website=www.thenewsnow.co.in/}}</ref> Saxena also mentioned in his interview with the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' that "The story finds inspiration from some stories of that the author witnessed during his education days."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=AAPM0AKMCUM8
|title=Lucknowite Sapan's second fiction out on stand
}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

====''The Tenth Riddle''====
In October 2021, Saxena's third book, ''[[The Tenth Riddle]]'', was released. It is "a murder mystery backed by the core theme of the sacred feminism, the [[Adishakti]]". In his interview with the ''[[Asian Chronicle]]'', Saxena said "it's a murder mystery and my protagonists excel in the science of deduction, so a lot of lateral thinking has also been used to solve various pieces of the puzzle.".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=139282|title=ON WRITING A BOOK WITH THE CORE THEME OF SACRED FEMINISM|orig-date=16 December 2021|date=16 December 2021|website=News Now}}</ref>
The ''Asian Chronicle'' called the book a "winner" and praised it for its story and suspense.<ref>{{dead link|date=December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://theasianchronicle.com/best-selling-author-sapan-saxena-creates-another-winner/|title=Best selling author Sapan Saxena creates another winner!
|orig-date=16 December 2021|date=16 December 2021|work=[[The Asian Chronicle]]}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
* Listed among Top-50 Most Influential authors by [[Delhi Wire]] (2021)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.delhiwire.com/top-50-most-influential-authors-of-2021/7662/|title=Top 50 Most Influential Authors of 2021|orig-date=28 December 2021|date=28 December 2021|website=Delhi Wire}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel)|Finders, Keepers]]'' (2015)
* ''[[UNNS-The Captivation]]'' (2017)
* ''[[The Tenth Riddle]]'' (2021)

== Rendition of Jabra Fan==
In March 2016, Saxena did a homemade rendition of [[Shah Rukh Khan]]'s then-yet-to-be-released movie ''[[Fan (2016 film)|Fan]]''. The video was released on his [[YouTube]] account and was immediately picked up by various media portals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fan-tales-forget-all-dubsmashes-this-shah-rukh-khan-fan-re-creating-jabra-is-the-best-thing-ever-2189745|title=Fan Tales: Forget all Dubsmashes, this Shah Rukh Khan fan re-creating Jabra is the best thing ever!}}</ref>

The video was very well received across social-media platforms and [[Shah Rukh Khan]] used his official [[Twitter]] account in praise of the video.

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|India|Novels}}
* [[List of Indian writers]]
* [[List of novelists]]
* [[List of people from Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
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