Draft:Fawaz Jaleel

Fawaz Jaleel (Hindi: फवाज जलील, born 26th February 1992) is an Indian author and journalist who writes columns in The Times Of India. He has written three short stories and a novel. His first book is Nobody Likes An Outsider. In the past, Fawaz Jaleel has been a consultant to the Government of India and Prime Minister's Office.

Early life
Fawaz hails from Vilakkudy, Kollam in the state of Kerala. His father, Jaleel Kutty works with a private company in Bahrain. He completed his schooling in Bahrain from Asian School and The New Indian School. He did his graduation from Madras Christian College and post graduation from Azim Premji University.

Novels
Fawaz Jaleel's first novel is Nobody Likes An Outsider. The novel is inspired by recent events in India. It is the first book of the Yohan Tytler series. It also features sub-inspectors Ila Qureshi and Sukumar Azhagu. The book is set in Bihar. The book is published by Kalamos Literary Services. The book has been optioned by a production house for a digital adaptation. The author's second novel, Insiders Versus Outsiders is a sequel to the first book and is a crime thriller set in Mumbai, Delhi, and Assam. The author's third novel, based in Calcutta is set to release in 2023.

Critical Reception
Fawaz Jaleel's book opened to positive reviews from critics. The Sunday Guardian stated that "In the end, the book flips the reader’s imagination by suddenly exposing a completely different side of the narrative it got the readers hooked on to". The New Indian Express called it 'A stellar debut novel with a raw flavour of Indian politics and murder investigation. The book highlights the issue of casteism in Islam. The book was a commercial success. India Today reviewed the second novel, Insiders versus Outsiders and summarised it as " In short, Fawaz Jaleel sends Yohan Tytler and team to uncharted territories, chasing a herculean case, and yet the investigators deliver, and how. It is definitely a good read."

Cinematic Adaptation
The book rights of Nobody Likes An Outsider was acquired by Mumbai-based Grandiose Production to be converted into a motion picture. The cinematic project is currently in the pre-production stage. Audible by Amazon acquired the book rights of the novel.

Short Stories
Fawaz Jaleel has written three short stories - Alternate Identities, From The Land of Palaces, and The Legend of Birbal's Bull. His previous short stories were in thriller, romance, and magic realism genres.

Awards
Fawaz Jaleel was awarded the India Prime Authors award in 2021 by Foxclues.

Columns

 * 1) The Economics of fiction novels In India: The great Indian writing dream
 * 2) The outsiders of world football… the Asian football story
 * 3) Why India actually needs a ‘Bharat Pado Yatra’ to rekindle reading among young Indians instead of blaming gen-Z