Heena Singhal

Heena Singhal lives her life in the world of imagination, believing hopelessly in the magnificent power of stories. A Chartered Accountant by education, she teaches at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Singhal dons many hats: a painter, children's book writer and illustrator, a poet, an award winning novelist, and most of all, as it defines her the best—a storyteller. Her debut novel, Songs of the Reed, is a lavishly narrated saga, sewn with the intricacies of love and emotions. The story is inspired by the poem of the same name by Rumi, the very legendary Persian poet of all time. Singhal is an advocate of inclusion and women & children's rights, especially their right to freedom and education.

She works closely with the organisations that take care of lost and abandoned children, and acid attack survivors.