Preeti Singh


Preeti Singh is an Indian author based at Chandigarh. Singh has been working as a professional writer since last 15 years before authoring her two best-selling novels. Her debut novel - Flirting With Fate was published by Mahaveer Publishers, India in 2012, followed by Crossroads, which was published by Authors Press, India, in 2014. Her second and latest book Crossroads has made its place in the India Book Of Records as the First Indian Fiction having real-life people as characters.
On 17 December 2015, she was felicitated with the Swayamsiddha Award for self-made women who have been self achievers in their fields, by the Anupama Foundation, Lucknow. Her third crime thriller novel Watched, published by Omji Publishing House, released in October 2016.

Biography

Singh belongs to an army family. Her father Major General Kulwant Singh retired from the Indian Army and her late mother, Sonya Kulwant Singh died due to lung cancer. Though she is an epileptic since birth, Singh grew with an urge to overcome her handicap someday, which she successfully did with the launch of her debut novel. Singh completed her schooling from La Martiniere School, Lucknow. She then graduated from MCM DAV College For Women, Chandigarh with an English honours and pursued her master's degree in English literature from Punjab University,Chandigarh. Singh acquired a Post Graduation Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from IGNOU, Delhi and began her career as an editor with Amity University, Noida. After completing her B.Ed. from Annamalai University, she began teaching in army schools all over India before joining an SEO Company as a creative content writer. She is now settled in Chandigarh with her family and freelances as an editor for a wide clientele, globally, via her official website.
In April 2019, Preeti Singh and her epileptic dog named Sizzler Singh were interviewed by The Tribune on how dogs can sense and warn family members just before an epileptic seizure is about to happen.

Works

Singh debuted with a crime thriller Flirting With Fate released by Mahaveer Publishers in 2012. The book was nominated for the Commonwealth Booker's Prize of 2012 and was also 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