Kiran Manral is a writer, author and novelist based in Mumbai. Her books include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon A Crush, All Aboard, Saving Maya, Missing Presumed Dead, The Face at the Window, The Kitty Party Murder and More Things in Heaven and Earth in fiction, Karmic Kids, True Love Stories, A Boy's Guide to Growing Up, 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting, Raising Kids with Hope and Wonder in Times of a Pandemic and Climate Change in non-fiction, apart from short stories in various acclaimed anthologies. 
Saving Maya was long listed for the Saboteur Awards UK, supported by the Arts Council England  and The Kitty Party Murder was shortlisted for the Popular Choice Award at the AutHER Awards 2021 by The Times of India and JK Papers. 
Missing, Presumed Dead and The Face at the Window were both longlisted at Jio MAMI Word to Screen. She has received multiple awards, such as the Women Achievers Award by Young Environmentalists Association and the International Women's Day Award 2018 from Indian Council for UN Relations (ICUNR)  supported by the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of India, for excellence in the field of writing.  On twitter and Instagram as @kiranmanral.