Shalini Mullick

Shalini is the winner of the IGF Archer Amish Award 2025, one of the largest global literary prizes.

Her contemporary fiction is rooted in the reality of the world in which we live, love, feel and struggle. Creating work that resonates with readers navigating their own journeys of love, loss, life, identity and self-discovery brings her joy.

She is an introvert who enjoys meeting people. She finds that writing takes her away from the noise, and towards silence.Raised in a family where books were cherished, she cannot imagine a world without books.She believes that libraries are the most magical of all places, and that stories have the power to touch, transform and redeem.

Shalini is happiest in the company of books, chocolate and old hindi movie songs. She loses herself in the melody of ghazals, and finds herself in their lyrics. Poetry touches her soul, and she belives there is a perfect Rumi quote for every situation in life. Shalini loves both the magic of the sunset and the promise of the sunrise.