Ashok Banker

Ashok Kumar Banker is an author and screenwriter. His writing spans crime thrillers, essays, literary criticism, fiction and Indian mythology. The author of several well-received novels including a trilogy billed as "India's first crime novels in English", he became widely known for his retellings of Indian mythological epics, starting with the internationally acclaimed and best-selling eight-volume Ramayana Series. His books have sold over 2 million copies and have been published in 16 languages in 58 countries. His Epic India Library is an attempt at retelling all the myths, legends and itihasa of the Indian sub-continent in one story cycle comprising over 70 volumes.

7 February 1964

Born on the same birth day (7 February): Alan Lancaster • Alexandre Daigle • Anna of Russia • Daniel Van Buyten • Federico Marchetti • Gabbie Hanna • Gerald Davies • Hugo Sperrle • Javon Hargrave • Manmath Nath Gupta • Milt Palacio • Mohammed Bijeh • Oleg Antonov (aircraft designer) • Omar Marmoush • Sinclair Lewis • Thomas Killigrew

Born in the same month (February 1964): Alejandro Ávila • Carmel Busuttil • Doug Aldrich • Duff McKagan • Eli Ohana • Glenn Beck • Indrek Tarand • Jani Lane • John Norum • Jonathan Lethem • Leland D. Melvin • Madusa • Mario Pelchat • Mark Dacascos • Raphael Sbarge • Ylva Johansson • Zach Galligan