Manali Desai

Manali is a full-time freelance writer and editor cum blogger. Currently, apart from her ad hoc writing and editing assignments, Manali runs a blog where she shares poetry, personal essays, travel blogs and book reviews. In her authoring journey, Manali has published six solo books and has helped new and aspiring writers get their books published as well. She has been a multiple-times bestselling author on Amazon with all her books ranking in the top ten in many categories. Her short story, The Walls Have Ears, helped her bag the Best Short Story Award in 2019. She has also won the Best Author: Fiction Award, and the Book of The Year title in 2021 for her debut novel, Love (Try) Angle. Her short story titled, The (Un)Blind Date, which is a part of her Christmas special anthology, Under the Mistletoe & Other Stories, won the best story prize in an online contest, before the book’s release in December 2021. Love & (Mellow) Drama is her seventh book and second novel. It is a spin-off from her award-winning debut novel, Love (Try) Angle. She can be found on all popular social media platforms under her pen name, A Rustic Mind.

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