In a previous life, Aruna Nambiar was a student of engineering and management, and a banker. Now an author and editor, she writes tongue-in-cheek novels about life, relationships and the idiosyncrasies of Indian society.

Her latest book, Aiyyo What Will the Neighbours Say?, is a collection of 13 witty, twist-in-the-tale short stories that run the gamut, from classic satires that highlight the failings of society to modern tales that touch upon social media and AI, to timeless ruminations about life, ageing and death.

She is also the author of The Weird Women's Club, is a wry, irreverent tale of sisterhood and identity, The Monsters Still Lurk, a funny, moving saga of family and ageing that unfolds against the backdrop of a quarter century of post-liberalisation India, and Mango Cheeks, Metal Teeth, part coming-of-age story, part social satire and part comedy of errors, set in 1980s Kerala.

She has published the ebooks of comic short stories, Lalita Kothandapani and the Heinous Crime, and Gender Bender. Her short fiction has been featured in the anthologies Jest Like That, Curtains and Winners Vol 1, and her travel writing in The Itinerant Indian. She has written for the coffee table book, Portrait Kerala, and edited fiction and non-fiction for several publishing houses including Penguin India and Westland Books.