You are a homeopath, have a theatre background, have learnt to play sitar, written stories since you were seven, are a blogger and a mother to twins. To begin a story and develop it into something that long, takes a lot of effort. Along Came A Spyder was around 63,000 words. The word count of most of my blog posts is around one thousand words. How different is writing a novel from blogs? Her parents are elite intelligence agents for RAW… Her grandmother had a flourishing side-business of tracking down errant husbands and missing servants. Her great-grandmother was famous for sticking her nose in everyone’s business. And why not? Spying runs in the Joshi genes. It took me two years to write the book.Īt 17, Samira Joshi has only one dream in life. When she started pushing her way into all the short stories, I realised that this bossy little miss deserves her own story. I used to write short stories about a group of teen spies, and while those stories were more about the missions than the spies, I could see the character of Samira Joshi slowly taking shape.
When did you decide to pen Along Came A Spyder? In a conversation with Saurabh Tankha, Apeksha who is a polyglot (she was fluent in six languages by the age of five) talks about penning the country’s first young adult spy fiction, how different is writing a novel than blogging, revival of lending libraries and book clubs, her life and more… She has written numerous short stories on her blog while her prequel novel Itsy Bitsy Spyderhas been the talk of the town. A full-time writer now, Apeksha is a die-hard foodie who’s still trying to find the best vada-pav in Bengaluru, the city she moved to after winding up her practice in Mumbai. Apeksha has been writing since she was seven.
A homeopath with a theatre background, her case takings have made her a keen observer of human nature and helps her craft strong and relatable characters. Apeksha Rao is a born and bred Mumbaikar and comes from a family of doctors.
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