Manjiri Prabhu is an award-winning international author of 19 mystery and thriller novels, a filmmaker and the Curator & Founder/Director of two international festivals - Pune International Literary Festival and International Festival of Spiritual India (for Humanity & Wisdom). Titled as the ‘Indian Agatha Christie’, she is acknowledged as a pioneer in India among women writers of mystery fiction. She is the first female mystery author to be published outside India and has been invited to speak at reputed festivals in India, Europe and USA.