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Preeti Singh

b. 1971

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About Preeti Singh

Born 1971. Preeti Singh is an Indian novelist.

Works Singh debuted with a crime thriller Flirting With Fate released by Mahaveer Publishers in 2012. The book was awarded the Best Debut Crime Fiction of 2012 Crossroads is an attempt at tapping the emotional aspect of women undergoing domestic abuse and suffering. The book is unique as it holds real-life people with real names, from various cities, as the main characters.

Singh is a core member of Helping Souls, a Panchkula-based NGO, working towards making animal shelters as well as improving the living standards of slum women and children.

Her third crime thriller novel Watched released in October 2016.

Awards and recognition Nominated for the Commonwealth Booker's Prize 2012 and also Awarded the Best Debut Crime Fiction Novel of 2012 Featured in the Coffee Table Book Of Leading Personalities of Chandigarh released by Aneesh Bhanot Her novel Crossroads has made its place in the India Book Of Records as the First Indian Fiction having real life people as characters. She was felicitated with the Swayamsiddha Award for self made women who have been self achievers in their fields, by the Anupama Foundation, Lucknow, on 17 December 2015. She has been given the Best Author Award 2016 for Sanmati Literary Awards 2016 for her novel Crossroads by Pawan Jain and The Aagman Family in Delhi. Singh was facilitated with the Bharat Nirman Literary Excellence Award 2017 for Writing at the 5th Asiad Literature Festival on 17 September 2017 in the Press Club Chandigarh. Preeti Singh was invited as one of the eminent speakers amongst other dignitaries like Shabana Azmi and Kalki Subramaniam at the Women Leadership Conclave hosted by FMRT, New Delhi on 30 September 2018. Her fourth book ‘Of Epilepsy Butterflies’ was chosen as the best non-fiction by the A3 Foundation for Literary Award winners of 2020-21.

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La Martiniere Lucknow, DAV College, Chandigarh, Panjab University, Chandigarh

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Preeti Singh?

writer

When was Preeti Singh born?

Preeti Singh was born on 26 October 1971 in Ambala.

What is Preeti Singh's occupation?

Preeti Singh is a novelist.

What nationality is Preeti Singh?

Preeti Singh is Indian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Preeti Singh

· Wikidata: Q16751568

· DBpedia: Preeti Singh

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