Samit Basu
Samit Basu | |
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Born | Kolkata, India | 14 December 1979
Occupation | Novelist, film director |
Period | 2004–present |
Genre | Fantasy, science fiction, superhero, children's, rom-com |
Website | |
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Samit Basu (born 14 December 1979) is an
He currently lives and works in Delhi and Mumbai, India.
Biography
Born 14 December 1979 in a
Writing
Basu is the author of the GameWorld Trilogy,
The UK publication of Turbulence in 2012 introduced Basu to the West. Wired said "Turbulence has it all… Solid writing, great character development, humor, personal loss, and excellent points to ponder in every chapter." It also won a Wired Geekdad Goldenbot Award[6] and appeared at no.2 on the list of hot new Amazon Science Fiction titles on the week of its release. Since 2013, Basu has also written a series of children's books titled The Adventures of Stoob. Three books have been published so far in the series - Testing Times, A Difficult Stage and Mismatch Mayhem. All three have been illustrated by graphic artist Sunaina Coelho.
Basu is also a comics writer. His initial projects with Virgin Comics were as a writer for
Direction and Screenwriting
In April 2019, Netflix announced that Basu was a co-director and writer of House Arrest, one of their new International Originals series from India.[9]
Bibliography
Title | Series | Publisher | ISBN | Publishing date |
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The Simoqin Prophecies | The Gameworld Trilogy | Penguin Books India | ISBN 0-14-303043-4
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2004 |
The Manticore's Secret | The Gameworld Trilogy | Penguin Books India | ISBN 0-14-400067-9
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2005 |
The Unwaba Revelations | The Gameworld Trilogy | Penguin Books India | ISBN 0-14-310352-0
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2007 |
Terror on the Titanic | Scholastic | ISBN 978-81-8477-460-3
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2010 | |
Turbulence | Turbulence | Titan Books | ISBN 978-1-78116-119-7
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2012 |
Resistance | Turbulence | Titan Books | ISBN 1781162492
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2013 |
Testing Times | The Adventures Of Stoob | Red Turtle | ISBN 8129132753
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2014 |
A Difficult Stage | The Adventures Of Stoob | Red Turtle | ISBN 8129134985
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2015 |
Mismatch Mayhem | The Adventures Of Stoob | Red Turtle | ISBN 8129135914
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2016 |
Chosen Spirits | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 9386797828
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2020 | |
The City Inside | Tordotcom Publishing
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ISBN 9781250827487 | 2022 | |
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport | Tordotcom Publishing | ISBN 9781250827517
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2023 |
References
- ^ Basu, Samit (28 October 2019). "New Novel alert!". Samit Basu. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Ghosh, Devarsi. "'If there's one successful sci-fi movie, there will be 20 more': 'House Arrest' director Samit Basu". Scroll.in. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Scroll Staff. "JCB Prize: Deepa Anappara, Samit Basu, Dharini Bhaskar, S Hareesh, Annie Zaidi make the shortlist". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "'No poster and no flag': An interview with Samit Basu". FactorDaily. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "New Superhero Novel Lets You Experience Turbulence". Wired.com. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Carey Becomes "Untouchable" | CBR". www.cbr.com. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Salkowitz, Rob (6 December 2011). "Liquid Comics Launches Digital Platform To Capture India's Pop-Culture Crazed, Mobile-Connected Youth". Fast Company. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Netflix Expands Indian Slate With 10 Original Films". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.