Author Bio: Pradyumna Gupta, a 7th Standard student of Delhi Public School, Risali-Bhilai presently resides along with his parents and brother at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
He is a profound lover of music, sings songs and likes to code programs in Java. He is also interested in doing Science experiments. When he was in class 4, during lockdown, one day he was sitting at his study table and everyone else was watching television. Suddenly a thought struck his mind and he started writing down a story with a character Paul. This led him to make the story bigger and bigger each day. His avid reading habit further sharpened his writing skills. It took an year to write the whole story and his efforts finally took the shape of a book, Paul : The Sorcery World, a high fantasy novel which has ten tales of adventure with a world of its own.
The Literature Times: Author, welcome to The Literature Times. Congratulations on the publication of your book! What feedback do you get from your readers? Please share your thoughts on this book.
Author: Those who have read the book have appreciated my efforts and sincereity.
The Literature Times: What motivates you to become a writer?Author: My power of imagination and to put them into words.
The Literature Times: What are your favourite writing topics? Please tell us a little bit about your literary interests.
Author: My favourite writing topics are fantasy and detective fiction. I also like reading Indian Mythology Books.
The Literature Times: We were hoping you might tell us about some of the authors that have influenced you and who you read!Author: Some authors like that are :-
- Saradiondu Bandopadhyay – Byomkesh Bakshi
- Robert Louis Stevenson – The Starnge Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- JK Rowling- Harry Potter
- Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes
The Literature Times: The title is unique and appealing; how did you come up with them? Please tell us the story behind it.
Author: The title ‘Paul : The World of Sorcery’ refers to the main character ‘Paul’ and the fantasy world ‘The Sorcery World’.
The Literature Times: What are your achievements so far? Tell us something about your writing career.Author: This is my first published book awaiting your apraisal.
The Literature Times: What is your current goal in writing a career? How do you see your future in writing?
Author: I am basically interested to become a rocket or a nuclear scientist. I like to write, often we write that which we can never say or do. So I am just doing my Karma. The fruits should be left on time.
The Literature Times: Do you have any other novels in the works? Please keep us updated on your future endeavours.
Author: Yes, I am in a process of writing an interesting novel.
The Literature Times: How do you view Indian writing in the twenty-first century? What changes do you see in today’s writing style? Do you feel it has been changed by the time?
Author: The Indian writing in the twenty-first century is excellent. Authors have written outstanding novels. There has not been any change in the writing style because what we are writing today, we were writing centuries ago, words, of course. What has changed is the topics of writing and are still changing.
The Literature Times: How simple/difficult was it for you to publish your book? What message do you want to send to aspiring authors?
Author: It was neither too difficult not too easy to publish my book. My message to aspiring authors is that never stop trying.
