Kalpana Swaminathan

Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956) is an Indian writer from Mumbai. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons. Swaminathan won the 2009 Vodafone Crossword Book Award (Fiction) for Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit.

Awards and honors

 * 2009: Vodafone Crossword Book Award, winner, Venus Crossing
 * 2010: The Hindu Best Fiction Award, shortlist, Venus Crossing