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Birth Date : 20/10/1969

CHETAN JOSHI IS AN INDIAN SHORT STORY WRITER AND A NOVELIST. HIS DEBUT BOOK BLIND MANS BUFF WAS HIGHLY PRAISED BY DAVID CRYSTAL, AUTHOR, THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. HIS GRAPHIC BOOK ANIMAL PALETTE WAS PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2011. IT WAS NOMINATED FOR THE COMIC-CON AWARDS 2012. A FORMER SOFTWARE ENGINEER, JOSHI WRITES IN A NUMBER OF GENRES AND FORMS INCLUDING SHORT STORIES, SCRIPTS FOR TELEVISION SERIALS SUCH AS C.I.D., AND ANIMATION. HIS NOVEL LITERALLY YOURS IS A COLLABORATIVE CREATION WITH BANGALORE-BASED WRITER ASHA FRANCIS. HIS SECOND SHORT STORY COLLECTION COCKTALE CARNIVAL WAS PUBLISHED IN 2016. HE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL TO CONDUCT WORKSHOPS ON CREATIVE WRITING.