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'''Salil Desai''' is an [[India]]n novelist who writes murder mysteries based in [[Pune]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.new-asian-writing.com/naw-interview-with-salil-desai/|title=NAW Interview with Salil Desai|date=2015-11-18|newspaper=[[New Asian Writing]]|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-thirst-for-thrill-motivates-salil-desai-to-write-crime-fiction-2052248|title=Thirst for thrill motivates Salil Desai to write crime fiction {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2015-01-13|newspaper=[[DNA India]]|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> His debut novel, ''The Body in the Back Seat'', which was published in May 2011,<ref name=":1" /> was acclaimed as "the best murder mystery by an Indian author so far" by [[Tribune India|The Tribune]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110626/spectrum/book9.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Books|website=[[Tribune India]]|access-date=2017-01-03|quote=The Body in the Back Seat By Salil Desai. Gyaana Books. Pages 254. Rs 250.}}</ref> An alumnus of [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]], and a former journalist, he has also produced films, held creative writing workshops and written a number of short stories.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=About|author=Desai, Salil|publisher=Salil Desai|url=http://www.salildesai.com/about|access-date=21 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828051509/http://www.salildesai.com/about|archive-date=28 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
'''Salil Desai''' is an [[India]]n novelist who writes murder mysteries based in [[Pune]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.new-asian-writing.com/naw-interview-with-salil-desai/|title=NAW Interview with Salil Desai|date=2015-11-18|newspaper=[[New Asian Writing]]|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-thirst-for-thrill-motivates-salil-desai-to-write-crime-fiction-2052248|title=Thirst for thrill motivates Salil Desai to write crime fiction {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2015-01-13|newspaper=[[DNA India]]|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> His debut novel, ''The Body in the Back Seat'', which was published in May 2011,<ref name=":1" /> was acclaimed as "the best murder mystery by an Indian author so far" by [[Tribune India|The Tribune]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110626/spectrum/book9.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Books|website=[[Tribune India]]|access-date=2017-01-03|quote=The Body in the Back Seat By Salil Desai. Gyaana Books. Pages 254. Rs 250.}}</ref> An alumnus of [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]], and a former journalist, he has also produced films, held creative writing workshops and written a number of short stories.<ref>{{cite web|title=About|author=Desai, Salil|publisher=Salil Desai|url=http://www.salildesai.com/about|access-date=21 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828051509/http://www.salildesai.com/about|archive-date=28 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
 
His crime thriller ‘The Sane Psychopath’ was inspired by a real-life incident and  the author created a narrative about  how a soft-spoken and mild-mannered bus driver called Shankar Lande  goes on an hour-long mindless rampage in Pune, killing ten people, injuring 70 and almost wrecking a hundred other vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-14|title=What makes a normal man suddenly become violent? Author and filmmaker Salil Desai decodes the psyche|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/what-makes-a-normal-man-suddenly-become-violent-author-and-filmmaker-salil-desai-decodes-the-psyche/1547594/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref>


==List of works==
==List of works==
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*{{cite book|title=Killing Ashish Karve|date=15 October 2015|publisher=Fingerprint!|location=[[Pune]]|pages=230|url=https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Ashish-Karve-Salil-Desai-ebook/dp/B016QVTON0/ref=pd_sim_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B016QVTON0&pd_rd_r=YJSRC32MWNDP3B8WS76A&pd_rd_w=f2Fzi&pd_rd_wg=YcsZ3&psc=1&refRID=YJSRC32MWNDP3B8WS76A|ASIN=B016QVTON0}}
*{{cite book|title=Killing Ashish Karve|date=15 October 2015|publisher=Fingerprint!|location=[[Pune]]|pages=230|url=https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Ashish-Karve-Salil-Desai-ebook/dp/B016QVTON0/ref=pd_sim_351_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B016QVTON0&pd_rd_r=YJSRC32MWNDP3B8WS76A&pd_rd_w=f2Fzi&pd_rd_wg=YcsZ3&psc=1&refRID=YJSRC32MWNDP3B8WS76A|ASIN=B016QVTON0}}
*{{cite book|title=3 And A Half Murders|date=8 February 2017|publisher=Fingerprint! Publishing|url=https://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/8175994258/ref=mp_s_a_1_2/254-2412926-6221904?ie=UTF8&qid=1487854393&sr=1-2&pi=AC_SX118_SY170_QL70&dpPl=1&dpID=41igaXTEreL&ref=plSrch|location=[[Pune]]|pages=328|isbn=978-8175994256}}
*{{cite book|title=3 And A Half Murders|date=8 February 2017|publisher=Fingerprint! Publishing|url=https://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/8175994258/ref=mp_s_a_1_2/254-2412926-6221904?ie=UTF8&qid=1487854393&sr=1-2&pi=AC_SX118_SY170_QL70&dpPl=1&dpID=41igaXTEreL&ref=plSrch|location=[[Pune]]|pages=328|isbn=978-8175994256}}
* Anthologies in which stories have appeared -<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://estrademagazine.com/salil-desai/|title=Salil Desai|date=2013-03-11|newspaper=[[Estrade Magazine]]|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref>
* Anthologies in which stories have appeared -<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://estrademagazine.com/salil-desai/|title=Salil Desai|date=2013-03-11|newspaper=[[Estrade Magazine]]|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
**''Stories at the Coffee Table'' (Caferati).
**''Stories at the Coffee Table'' (Caferati).
**''The Shrinking Woman and Other Stories'' (Unisun).
**''The Shrinking Woman and Other Stories'' (Unisun).
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Salil Desai

Salil Desai is an Indian novelist who writes murder mysteries based in Pune, India.[1][2] His debut novel, The Body in the Back Seat, which was published in May 2011,[2] was acclaimed as "the best murder mystery by an Indian author so far" by The Tribune.[3] An alumnus of FTII, and a former journalist, he has also produced films, held creative writing workshops and written a number of short stories.[4][1]

His crime thriller ‘The Sane Psychopath’ was inspired by a real-life incident and the author created a narrative about how a soft-spoken and mild-mannered bus driver called Shankar Lande goes on an hour-long mindless rampage in Pune, killing ten people, injuring 70 and almost wrecking a hundred other vehicles.[5]

List of works[edit]

  • The Body in the Back Seat. Pune: Gyaana Books. 10 November 2011. p. 254. ISBN 978-8190939157. (2011).[3]
  • Murder on a Side Street. Pune: Unicorn Books. 6 March 2012. p. 224. ASIN B007I6JPPK. (2012).[1]
  • Lost Libido and Other Gulp Fiction. Pune: Fingerprint. 21 November 2012. p. 288. ASIN B00ABF8DXU. (2012).[6]
  • The Murder of Sonia Raikkonen. Pune: Fingerprint Publishing. 22 October 2015. p. 282. ASIN B01727HP9W. (2015)[7]
  • Killing Ashish Karve. Pune: Fingerprint!. 15 October 2015. p. 230. ASIN B016QVTON0.
  • 3 And A Half Murders. Pune: Fingerprint! Publishing. 8 February 2017. p. 328. ISBN 978-8175994256.
  • Anthologies in which stories have appeared -[8][6]
    • Stories at the Coffee Table (Caferati).
    • The Shrinking Woman and Other Stories (Unisun).
    • Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul (Westland).
    • Vanilla Desires (Unisun). volume 1
    • Chicken Soup for the Indian College Soul (Westland).
    • The Killer App and Other Stories (Penguin).

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NAW Interview with Salil Desai". New Asian Writing. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Thirst for thrill motivates Salil Desai to write crime fiction | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". DNA India. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "The Sunday Tribune - Books". Tribune India. Retrieved 3 January 2017. The Body in the Back Seat By Salil Desai. Gyaana Books. Pages 254. Rs 250.
  4. Desai, Salil. "About". Salil Desai. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  5. "What makes a normal man suddenly become violent? Author and filmmaker Salil Desai decodes the psyche". The Financial Express. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "SALIL DESAI | Author Interview". Book Geeks. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  7. "Salil Desai's new book launched in the city | Sakal Times". Sakaal Times. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  8. "Salil Desai". Estrade Magazine. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2017.