Shalini P Sawkar is an Indian Author, Columnist and TED Circles Speaker. Her debut novel, Confessions Of An IT Employee is an inspirational romantic comedy that won the Coimbatore Literary Awards 2020’ – Most Promising Fiction. Her short stories are: The Murder Of Jay Shekhar (2018), When I Find you (2021), The Code Of Conduct In Her Shoes (2017), and The Witch Of Strawhorn (2017). Her articles have been published on The Post India and SheThePeople.tv. She has also worked as a Screenwriter with FirstAction Studios. She has been awarded as one of the Top 100 Debut Authors of India 2018 for The Murder Of Jay Shekhar. She has also been awarded the Global Women Inspiration Awards 2021, the Nationwide Awards 2021 – Under 30 Emerging Industry Experts in Literature, Woman of the Month 2021 by Woman Times, Womennovator’s 1000 Faces of Asia Award 2021 in association with Consulate General of India, New York and Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. She is also a traveller and has visited more than 11 countries.