Neil D'Silva

Neil D’Silva is an Indian author, and a screenwriter, a writing coach. He is known for his novels Maya’s New Husband (2015), Yakshini (2019), and the co-authored story collection, Haunted: Real-life Encounters with Ghosts and Spirits (2019). He writes mainly in the horror genre.
 
== Early Life ==
Neil D’Silva was born in Mumbai on 31 October 1975, and hails from Kallianpur, a town near Mangalore in Karnataka. He was schooled in Mumbai’s Children’s Academy school, and pursued college education in M.V.L.U. College and D.G. Ruparel College. In 1998, he completed his post-graduation in Organic Chemistry from the Mumbai University. 
In 2015, D’Silva published his first novel, Maya’s New Husband, a horror-thriller with the theme of aghori practices, after which he quit his teaching career of 18 years and pursued full-time writing.
He currently resides in Mumbai with his family.
== List of Publications == 
* Maya’s New Husband (2015) - 
* The Evil Eye and the Charm (2015) - 
* Pishacha (2017) - 
* Yakshini (2019) - 
* Haunted: Real-life Encounters with Ghosts and Spirits (2019) - 
* Right Behind You (2018) - 
* Bound in Love (2015). 
* Ringa Ringa Roses (2020).
== Notable Publications ==
Neil D’Silva’s debut novel Maya’s New Husband told the story of a Mumbai-based school teacher married to a serial killer who secretly indulges in aghori practices, which was also mentioned in a research journal on the topic of Indian Horror fiction.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332834022_5_Indian_Horror It was followed in the same year (2015) by two short story collections, The Evil Eye and the Charm and Bound in Love. 
In 2017, D’Silva published his next full-length novel, Pishacha.
D’Silva’s next release was Yakshini. Initially a self-published novel, Yakshini was published later by Rupa Publications in 2019. Yakshini was a story set in rural Maharashtra of a girl named Meenakshi who has the soul of a demigoddess (a Yakshini) within her.
Haunted: Real-life Encounters with Ghosts and Spirits was released by Penguin Random House India in 2019. This book was a collaboration between D’Silva and paranormal investigator, Jay Alani. Both Yakshini and Haunted were represented by the literary agency, The Book Bakers.
D’Silva recently published a short-story collection titled Ringa Ringa Roses. It was also picked up for a screen adaptation by Juggernaut India.
== Other Literary Activities ==
In 2015, D’Silva started an annual literary festival in collaboration with the Children’s Academy Group of Schools, Mumbai, named as Litventure. Litventure is a one-day annual festival that has taken place four times so far. 
D’Silva has judged on several writing competitions such as Wattpad India Awards 2019, horror story-writing competition organized by publishers Half Baked Beans, The Story Awards 2020 organized by SheThePeople.
== References ==
== External Links ==
*Neil D'Silva Official website
*Neil D'Silva on facebook 
*Neil D'Silva on Twitter
*Neil D'Silva on youtube 
*Neil D'Silva’s books on Amazon
*Neil D'Silva on Goodreads
Category:1975 births
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Category:Indian writers
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