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Ashok Banker
Ashok Kumar Banker (born 7 February 1964 in Mumbai, India) is an author and screenwriter. His writing spans crime thrillers, essays, literary criticism, fiction and mythological retellings.〔(Ashok Banker on real art, honest emotions ) Times of India, 6 April 2012〕 The author of several well-received novels including a trilogy billed as "India's first crime novels in English",〔(Mystery of the missing jasoos ) Times of India 16 May 2010〕 he became widely known for his retellings of Indian mythological epics, starting with the internationally acclaimed and best-selling eight-volume Ramayana Series, which has been credited with the resurgence of mythology in Indian publishing. ''The New York Times'' credited him with making mythology the most successful category in Indian publishing, describing his work as being "better written than many books in the genre that have followed – introduced the Ramayana to a new generation of readers."〔(Does Indian Mythology Dominate Contemporary Fiction in India? )〕 His books have sold over 2 million copies and have been published in 16 languages in 58 countries.〔(On the Comeback Trail, The Pioneer, March 23, 2013 )〕 His Epic India Library is an attempt to retell all the myths, legends and itihasa of the Indian sub-continent in one massive story cycle comprising over 70 volumes, "an epic library of India".〔(The Forest of Stories ) The Telegraph, 15 March 2012〕〔(An epic undertaking ) The Hindu, 21 March 2012〕 He is frequently nominated and shortlisted as one of India's top thinkers and celebrities.〔()〕〔(India Celebrity 100 Nominees List )〕 The upcoming two-film adaptation of his Mahabharata is expected to be the biggest Indian film production to date.〔http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140324/entertainment-bollywood/article/disney-india-bring-mahabharata-life-celluloid〕 He is the creator and writer of the TV show Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat currently on air on Colors.
==Early life==
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