Kommuri Sambasiva Rao

Kommuri Sambasiva Rao (1926–1994) was a Telugu novelist and a journalist. He was born into a family of writers. He wrote over 90 novels in Telugu, including the first horror novel in the language. He is best known for his detective novels.

Life He was born on 26 October 1926 in Tenali, Guntur district, Madras State to Venkatramaiah, Padmavathi. His younger sister Usha Rani was the chairman of Telugu division of National Book Trust, New Delhi.

He wrote short stories at the age of 14 years. He extensively wrote between 1957–1980. He was inspired the English writer Edgar Wallace.

Writings He wrote first spy thriller called No.888 in Telugu. The first horror novel in Telugu Chavu Tappite Chalu was also written by him. He wrote 75 detective novels and close to 20 social novels. Close to 1 million copies of his novels were sold. Prominent character in his novels are Detective Yugandhar, and his assistant Raju, and Inspector Swarajya Rao. Background for most of the novels is Madras. Below is the partial list of novels written by him.

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