Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974), is an Indian author, known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras, Scion of Ikshvaku and Sita: Warrior of Mithila (launched on May 29 2017). The first three books collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy and the next two are the first two of the Ram Chandra Series.The Shiva Trilogy was the fastest selling book series in Indian publishing history and the Scion of Ikshvaku was the fastest selling book of 2015. All four books have sold over 3.5 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010, with gross retail sales of Rs. 100 crores. Forbes India has ranked Amish among the top 100 celebrities in India four times in a row in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Amish was also selected as an Eisenhower Fellow, an exclusive programme for outstanding leaders from around the world.
After a Management degree from IIM Kolkata, Amish spent his initial several years in the Financial Services world. In this conversation, he talks about how he transitioned to the world of writing, his challenges in the early years of being a writer, how he had to innovate to stand out from the clutter and more.
This conversation was published around December 2016.
