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'''Varsha Dixit''' is an Indian author. Her works include the novels ''Right Fit Wrong Shoe'', an English-language love story, intended for adolescents but widely read by adults as well,<ref name="George 2012" /> and ''Xcess Baggage'', a vampire sci-fi romance story.

==Education==
She attended St. Mary’s Convent, Kanpur, received her B.A (Honours) in Political Science from [[Indraprastha College]], New Delhi, pursued a Diploma course in Mass Communications from [[Sophia Polytechnic]], Mumbai, and undertook film editing courses from [[UCLA Extension|UCLA extension]], Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|title=buzz.femina.in|url=http://buzz.femina.in/featured/book-review-right-fit-wrong-shoe|website=Right-fit-wrong-shoe|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Her debut book ''Right Fit Wrong Shoe'' was released in late 2009 and became a bestseller.<ref name="Datta 2010">{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Treesha |title=A love story not so ordinary |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/A-love-story-not-so-ordinary/article15585252.ece |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=December 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="George 2012" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Us Salam |first1=Ziya |title=It’s all about numbers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Itrsquos-all-about-numbers/article16892822.ece |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=November 18, 2009}}</ref> Her second book ''Xcess Baggage'', released in 2010, is a vampire sci-fi romance, described by Treesha Datta of ''[[The Hindu]]'' as "an exciting tale of two beings — one cursed to love and one cursed to live,"<ref name="Datta 2010" /> and is the first vampire romance book from India.<ref name="George 2012">{{cite news |last1=George |first1=Leah |title=First right, then wrong |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/First-right-then-wrong/article15616534.ece |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=November 29, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, she released a sequel to ''Right Fit Wrong Shoe'', titled ''Wrong Means Right End'', about which Leah George of ''[[The Hindu]]'' writes, "The book, breaking usual conventions, deals with matters of bad language and sexual chemistry in a refreshingly straightforward way."<ref name="George 2012" />

==Works==
* Dixit, Varsha. ''Right Fit Wrong Shoe''. New Delhi: Rupa & Co, 2009. {{ISBN|978-81-291-1523-2}} {{OCLC|459616111}}<ref name="Banerjee 2016">{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Poulomi |title=Never-ageing story |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100822/jsp/calcutta/story_12837389.jsp |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140949/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100822/jsp/calcutta/story_12837389.jsp |archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Xcess Baggage'' (Rupa Publications)
* ''Wrong Means Right End'' (Rupa Publications)<ref name="George 2012" />

==Personal life==
She has described herself as a "voracious" fiction reader.<ref name="George 2012" /> She originally intended to write a book on serial killers but finding it impossible to maim or kill anyone, even on paper, she penned a romantic story instead. She resides in the U.S with her family.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.varshadixit.com Her Website]

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