I’m an Indian novelist, and have been writing across genres and media since the early ’00s. I also direct, teach and ramble.
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What’s new
New novel coming soon! The Pictures of Darpan Ray
On the fiction jury for the 20th Crossword Book Awards, along with Anuja Chauhan and Manju Kapoor
We Will Rise Again wins the Locus!
The 2026-27 Novel Writing Workshop applications are now closed – watch out for next year’s announcement in the first quarter of 2027.
I have an essay in MIT Press’s new annotated edition of Jules Verne’s From The Earth to the Moon
New short story out in Future Tense!
Profile in Gulf News
Latest Duck of Dystopia issue
Links
Contact: samitbasu(DOT)work(AT)gmail. Agent: Cameron McClure, DMLA (world excluding India). A Suitable Agency (India) Screenwriting/direction agent: Tulsea (Mumbai/LA).
Samit Basu 
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