Sunny Singh is a writer, novelist, public intellectual, and a champion for decolonisation and inclusion across all aspects of society.
She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, Hotel Arcadia, With Krishna’s Eyes, and Nani’s Book of Suicides and three nonfiction books including A Bollywood State of Mind: A Journey in the World’s Biggest Cinema, a groundbreaking study of Amitabh Bachchan for the BFI’s Film Star series, and the bestselling Single in the City: The Independent Woman’s Handbook, on lives of single women in India, , and the recent A Bollywood State of Mind: A Journey into the World’s Biggest Cinema. Her collection of short stories titled Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) was published in August 2025.
In 2017, she launched the celebrated Jhalak Prize for literature which now includes awards for Children’s & Young Adult, Poetry and Prose. She is the publisher of the bi-annual Jhalak Review. She is also a founder of the Jhalak Foundation, which focuses on a range of literary, artistic and literacy initiatives in the UK and beyond.
Sunny lives in London where she is Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at London Metropolitan University.
