Written by Surbhi Gupta |Updated: June 24, 2019 8:46:45 am
‘Inspiration never lasts, anger does’: Venita Coehlo
A storyteller since she was a child, Venita Coehlo's tales are maybe the stories she always wanted to listen to while growing up, she says. Her book, Tiger by the Tail, won a special jury mention at the Neev Awards last year.
After working in television and films for over a decade, writer Venita Coehlo, who engages with “words, images and paint”, settled for a life of quiet in Goa. However, her books for children and young adults have established her as a writer to look out for. A storyteller since she was a child, her tales are maybe the stories she always wanted to listen to while growing up, she says. Her book, Tiger by the Tail, won a special jury mention at the Neev Awards last year, and Dead as a Dodo won The Hindu Goodbooks award for Best Children’s Fiction in 2016. While The Washer of the Dead is a collection of feminist ghost stories, in Soap: Writing and Surviving Television, she drew from her experience on shows such as Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi, Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha, and Trikaal. Her eighth book, All of Me, released recently. Excerpts:
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