A gold medallist in English, Usha has a Masters degree in English literature and has worked several years as creative director in advertising and radio, written for newspapers and websites and managed corporate communications at Scope International, Standard Chartered Bank. A full-time author now, she has written 'The Madras Mangler', a suspense thriller that garnered many positive reviews. Her second, 'Pradyumna: Son of Krishna', a Penguin Random House epic fantasy, is now making waves. Her next, a Harlequin HarperCollins romcom 'Love, Lies and Layoffs', is releasing in end-September 2015.