AUTHOR'S BIO :
BALARKO GUPTA IS AN ENGINEER FROM IIT, KHARAGPUR, INDIA. HE WORKED FOR 25 YEARS WITH THE CANADIAN ATOMIC ENERGY AND RETIRED AS A PROJECT DIRECTOR. HE SELF PUBLISHED A BOOK, DOWN THE MEMORY LANE, IN INDIA IN 2019. HE SPENDS SUMMERS IN CANADA AND WINTERS IN INDIA WITH HIS WIFE BIDYA. MURDERS, THEY SAW IS HIS FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL.
1. WHO AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE?
I ALWAYS WANTED TO WRITE A MYSTERY NOVEL BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW. MOITRAYEE BHADURI, A WONDERFUL MYSTERY WRITER INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS BOOK. ORIGINALLY , OUR NEIGHBOUR IN KOLKATA, ROSY BHATTACHARYA, ASKED ME TO WRITE A BOOK , BUT NOT ON ANY SPECIFIC SUBJECT.
2. WHAT CHALLENGES DID YOU FACE WHILE WRITING AND GETTING PUBLISHED?
NOT THAT MANY CHALLENGES WHILE WRITING BUT MANY CHALLENGES IN GETTING IT PUBLISHED. I SENT MANUSCRIPT TO MANY PUBLISHERS IN INDIA, CANADA AND USA BUT NOT MUCH RESPONSE.
3. HOW DID YOU COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE LITERARY AGENCY THE BOOK BAKERS?
FINALLY, MOIRAYEE BHADURI REFERRED ME TO THE BOOK BAKERS AND THEY HELPED ME TO FIND A PUBLISHER.
4. HOW DID THE BOOK BAKERS HELP YOU AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THEM?
THE BOOK BAKERS HELPED ME A LOT. I HAVE THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND REGARDS FOR THEM. MR. SUHAIL MATHUR, ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY BUSY, FOUND TIME FOR ME AND HELPED ME IN EVERY WAY.
5. HOW SUPPORTIVE IS YOUR PUBLISHER OF YOUR WORK?
MY PUBLISHER, LOCKSLEY HALL PUBLISHING, THE LHP TEAM, HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
6. HOW DO YOU SEE LITERARY SUCCESS FOR YOURSELF?
I JUST STARTED TO WRITE AT A VERY OLD AGE AND I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH MY SUCCESS. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT MY LITERARY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. HOPE IT WILL BE GOOD.
7. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT YOUR NEXT BOOK?
MY NEXT BOOK , HEALTHCARE FOR ALL, IS WITH YOU ALREADY. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2021.
8.HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEING WORKING WITH LHP?
VERY GOOD
9. ANY MESSAGE OR TIPS FOR ASPIRING AUTHORS?
WRITE STORIES BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW; THE PLACES YOU HAVE LIVED, PEOPLE YOU HAVE MET, MEMORIES WHICH ARE STILL IN YOUR HEAD, ETC. PERSONALLY, I CANNOT WRITE ON AN ABSTRACT SUBJECT. BE YOUR OWN AND WRITE FREE.
BOOK NAME : MURDERS, THEY SAW
PUBLISHER : LOCKSLEY HALL PUBLISHING
BOOK SYNOPSIS/ BLURB :
NICOLE TRUDEAU OF MONTREAL, CANADA, GOES TO A FERTILITY CLINIC AT NDG TO HAVE A BABY BUT IS MURDERED.WHY?
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, LUCIE BURNS GOES TO A FERTILITY CLINIC IN KOLKATA, INDIA, TO HAVE A BABY THROUGH A SURROGATE MOTHER BUT IS MURDERED. WHY?
IS THERE A COMMON LINK BETWEEN THE TWO MURDERS?
HAD THE SAME KILLER KILLED BOTH THE LADIES?. OR, THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE KILLER?
iNVESTIGATION TEAM LED BY LISA ROY OF MONTREAL AND THE TEAM IN INDIA SOLVED THE CASE.
MURDERS, THEY SAW, IS A MYSTERIOUS THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU GLUED TO THE BOOK TILL THE END.
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