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"Sunny Singh is a London based writer and academic. She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: Nani’s Book of Suicides, was praised as a ""first novel of rare scope and power"" and its Spanish translation won the inaugural Mar de Letras prize; With Krishna’s Eyes (2006) which was commended for its ""profound insight"" and described as ""memorable”; and Hotel Arcadia (2015) described as “powerful and absorbing” and “elegantly plotted, psychologically subtle, and almost unbearably exciting.” Her first non-fiction book, Single in the City: The Independent Woman’s Handbook (2001), is a first-of-its-kind exploration of single women in contemporary India. Her pioneering study of a study of the Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan (2017) was published by BFI Bloomsbury Film Stars Series. Her book on Indian cinema titled A Bollywood State of Mind will be published in October 2023 by Footnote Press. She has published short stories in prestigious international literary journals including The Drawbridge, The Good Journal and World Literature Today. Her creative nonfiction and academic writing has been published across the world in key journals and anthologies. She also writes for newspapers and magazines, in Spanish and English, across the globe. She is the founder of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize and the Jhalak Art Residency. Sunny is Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at the London Metropolitan University."
'Powerful and absorbing.. Singh's novel is not only a page-turning thriller. It is far more than that.' * Independent * ‘Over and over again I came across passages that were so true that I was punching the air… Sunny Singh’s Hotel Arcadia is the ultimate nail-biting thriller, as well as a work of literary art worthy of a Booker Prize shortlist.’ -- Edward Wilson, author of The Midnight Swimmer 'Macabre, gripping, fantastically well-written and brave. -- Isabel Wolff, author of Ghostwritten ‘The excellence of this novel is its canny synthesis of elements: the essential thriller plot (at times reminiscent of the most powerful writing of Graham Greene; no mean feat in itself) and the careful accretion of character detail in which the principals force us to decide that our initial impressions of them may not be the ones we're finally left with.’ -- Barry Forshaw * Crimetime UK * 'Elegantly plotted, psychologically subtle and almost unbearably exciting.' * Book of the Week, The Tablet * ‘This is an outstanding read, the juxtaposition of war zone and luxury hotel creates such powerful images. I loved the tension that Sunny Singh generated each time Sam left the safety of her room it had me frantically flicking the pages urging her to get her back to safety… A gripping, thoughtful read and one that will remain long in my memory’ * Grab this Book * ‘An evocative and very intense thriller, Hotel Arcadia is heavily character driven and beautifully written. One of those books that completely consumes you during the reading of it, this is one that will stay with me...' * Lizlovesbooks.com * 'The writing is evocative and powerful. The reader feels the heat, smells the fear, experiences the beauty which remains despite the gruesome scars that war cuts through lives... It is rare for any book to move me to tears. That this one did so, in the best possible way, highlights the power of the story and the quality of the writing throughout. The plot is fast moving and compelling. It shows that the hardest battles are those we fight with ourselves.’ * Neverimitate blog *
