The Global Storyteller from India
With over a dozen books to his credit, Neil D’Silva is a known name in the Indian literary world. He writes in the horror genre. His unique stories that have themes of Indian folklore and mythology have struck a chord with a wide range of readers, eliciting praise from various quarters. His publishers include Penguin Random House, Rupa Publications, Hachette, and HarperCollins among others, and he has won screen adaptation deals on several of his books.
Named as one of the Top 7 Indian horror writers to be read by UK’s DESIblitz magazine, his books have been listed on Monster Complex and The Curious Reader, among other prestigious book lists. Considered as one of the forerunners of contemporary Indian horror literature, he has been covered by leading publications and is invited to speak at prominent litfests around the country where he is often the flagbearer of the current horror literary scene in India.
He was the winner at the Delhi Literature Festival Short Story Competition of 2015. His book Maya’s New Husband won the title of Entertainer of the Year at the Literary Awards 2015 that was co-hosted by Authors’ Ink Publications and Inside Stories. His works have been chosen on multiple occasions as subject matters of PhD theses, and he is featured in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English.
D’Silva is also the founder and creative director of Litventure, a Mumbai-based literature festival that is aimed for fostering the reading habit among young readers.
Neil D’Silva was also invited for a TED talk by TEDxTCET. He spoke on The Art of Writing a Bestseller to a packed auditorium.
He is a member of the international Horror Writers Association and has served as President of its India chapter. He had also served on the jury of the Bram Stoker Awards(R) for two years, even serving as jury chair for one of these years.
D’Silva was a judge on writing competitions such as the Readify Author Hunt 2017 and the Wattpad India Awards 2019. He conducts writing workshops on invitation. He conducted an elaborate six-hour writing workshop at IIT Kanpur and another at Navy Children School, Mumbai. He is a writing coach and mentor with the Scholastic Writers Academy.
Do take a look at Neil D’Silva’s hugely viral podcast episode on The Ranveer Show with Ranveer Allahbadia, popular known as #BeerBiceps. The episode has garnered millions of views to date.
Books Authored by Neil D’Silva
LATEST RELEASES
Sapna’s Bad Connection
Sapna’s Bad Connection, a paranormal horror-thriller, is story of a Mumbai-based independently living woman and the three men in her life, one of whom is the stalking ghost of her ex-lover. Touted as D’Silva’s most bone-chilling adventure yet, the story delves into the machinations of the human mind, and has evoked praise from many stalwarts of the literary and film industry.
Playthings: Toys of Terror
Neil D’Silva’s first horror novel for middle grade (ages 10 and up), Playthings: Toys of Terror was an instant hit when it was released on Halloween day in 2022 at a glittering event at Hamley’s store in Jio World Drive, BKC, Mumbai. Published by Puffin, the book is a tale of four young paranormal investigators who are on a quest to stop killer toys from harming their owners.
For more details on Playthings: Toys of Terror, click here.
NOVELS
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oooooooo i like it
Thanks for the great comment for Echoed Footsteps. Glad you liked it. Will try to get others up now and then.
great site 😀
nice job.
Just another person mesmerized by your works
Book bound in love very nicely written.loved all stories.
Gonna get your novels and read them. I love your shares on FWBA. Read your website sometime ago but didn’t comment before. Your writing is amazing and inspiring. 🙂 Keep it up. All the best for your future adventures in writing.
Thank you! That is why I write – to inspire. Glad to know I am doing my job right.
Thank you very much for your kind words!
Hi Neil, I have started reading your books one week back and already finished all of them.. I would like to know what all books you read as part of your research. And I would like to make a short film from one of your short stories..
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to read my books. I have been reading/watching a lot of Indian books/shows as part of my research. Most of my research though, is through documentaries and other videos on YouTube. For Maya’s New Husband, an old Indian show named Aghori was a big inspiration, and for the thematic elements of a woman stuck in a house, it was mostly Rosemary’s Baby by Stephen King.
Also, thanks for the offer on filming my work. Maya’s New Husband is already being filmed; the script is ready. A team is also filming one story each from The Evil Eye and the Charm and Bound in Love. Which story would you be interested in filming?
dear neil,
i have just completed your `bound in love’ & ‘Evil Eye…….’ & started “maya’s new husband’. i have no words to describe your high caliber of writing – truly deceptively simple. further being a Bengali & an ardent fan of sri styajit ray’s style of ghost stories telling, i am compelled to say after going through your style of story telling you are nothing but simply a reincarnation of sri styajit ray. i am not flattering you, but its simply coming out from the inner most core of my heart.
regards
dr anupam roy chowdhury
Thank you for taking the time out to read my works, and more importantly to comment on them here. Really means a lot. And I have tears in my eyes as I write this… happy tears… because you have compared me with someone whose work is of such high caliber that it is sacrosanct. Dr. Satyajit Ray is a genius who can never be born again. If you saw even a tiny glimpse of him in my writing, I feel I have achieved it all. I will truly carry this compliment to the grave.
An amazing website, all the best sir
So i get a chance to know more about this prolific writer, only after i visited his website.
Great job, Neil D’Silva.
Thank you for visiting!
Amazing Website. Amazing Books. I have read all your books even Yakshini. Waiting for more books. Please accept my Friend request on Facebook.
Thank you!
Hallo. I truly appreciated your articles. I have learnt much on creative writing. I wanted to know if you have an online class I can join. I will truly appreciate any information on the same.
Thank you.
Hello! Thanks for your appreciation. You could be a part of my writers’ community on Facebook. Look for the group named For Writers By Authors and send us a request. You could also follow me on my Facebook page at https://facebook.com/neildsilva official/.
I want your horror novels how to see
Hi! You can click the book images on this page and you will be directed to the buying links. Alternatively, you could check my Amazon page here. You will find all my books. https://amzn.to/3kA0RVO
Thanks for your interest.
Very well written stories. I too write horror stories, I liked your book very much…
I remember you had come to our school Ajmera Global School to give a talk on writing, how it could be taken on as a career, your journey to your current position, etc. I was really inspired by it and had thus undertaken a book. Being a school student, though it was difficult to remove time, due to your motivation, I was able to.
Yesterday, I finally finished my book “Tales of Cobardon” — an adventure/fantasy/thriller novel with some politics involved. I really want to thank you for making the talk on that fortunate day and dealing me with that moving speech.
Now that the book has come to an end, I would be thoroughly grateful if you provided me with some additional tips and guidance.
Thank you for your time.
The book is published on Wattpad.
Very good and profound information!