Prasun Roy is a bestselling author of several bestselling books known for their gripping and appealing narrative style written in simple language. He has written extensively in the genres of biography, translations, history, crime thrillers, mythology and the paranormal. Prasun has a remarkable lineup of fiction titles in varied subgenres of mystery, adventure, young-adult and thriller. Two of his fiction titles for young adults have been selected as supplementary reads for students at a prominent school in Vadodara. A couple of his works with eminent publishers have been taken up AV adaptations too.

Prasun has delivered lectures at eminent institutes like IIT Kanpur, Maharaja Sayajirao University (Baroda), IIT Delhi in association with IHAR/DRDO/Ministry of Culture/ Ministry of Defence/IGNCA/Rishihood University, All India Radio and The National Library. He has been a prominent speaker at many prestigious literary festivals, including Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, Valley of Words International Literature & Arts Festival (Dehradun), Ahmedabad International Literature Festival and Pune International Literary Festival.


Prasun lives with his family in Kolkata. An alumnus of IIM Lucknow, La Martiniere for Boys and Dolna Day School, he runs his family-owned business of pharmaceutical manufacturing and marketing jointly headquartered in Vadodara and Kolkata.