Neelum Saran Gour is the author of six novels, four short story collections, two works of non-fiction and a translation of her own work into Hindi. She has been an active columnist and book reviewer and an academic by profession. Her most recent novel, Requiem in Raga Janki won The Hindu Fiction Prize and also the Sahitya Akademi Award. Her other books include Grey Pigeon and Other Stories, Speaking of '62, Winter Companions, Virtual Realities, Sikandar Chowk Park, Song without End, Allahabad: Where the Rivers Meet, Invisible Ink, Allahabad Aria, Three Rivers and a Tree, and Messres Dickens, Doyle and Wodehouse, Pvt. Ltd.