Usha Venkatesan retired as Senior Vice President of a Financial Organisation. After retirement, she took up writing as a hobby and pastime through content writing, blogging, writing articles, and stories and participating in online story-writing competitions, which have given her a new-found passion. Winning a few competitions on varied topics and platforms has given further impetus to her love for writing. ‘Heartstrings- a collection of ten stories to tug your heart” is her first published book. She has also published books for children. 1. The consolation Prize 2. Two Friends-BFF 3. The Clever Daughter 4. The Brave Trekkers 5. Ramu and his prayers 6. Panna Dhai-A son’s perspective 7. The Mystery of the Begging Baby 8. Lessons from Animals & Birds She won the first prize in Super Writer Award-2, an online story writing competition. They published it as a book. She has participated in a few Anthologies. Her books are available with Kindle E-books and paperbacks on Amazon. She loves cooking (especially chutneys) * crochet, knitting, embroidery and playing with her grandchildren. *You can try her chutney recipes at https://www.facebook.com/ChutneysinJiffy/. She can be contacted @ ushascontent@gmail.com