Featured Interview With Ashraf Shaikh
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Mumbai, and currently, I live in Mumbai. I spent a few years jumping to and from Mumbai To Saudi Arabia for my School, but Now I’ve settled in Mumbai. I have a bit of romance for writing, I started writing novels from age 17, and from then I haven’t stopped.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
From age 17 I started writing, I read Paulo Coehlo, and other authors, Khaled Hoseini inspired me the most. From then on I started thinking, what if I could write my book, my novel, and how wonderful it’d be. Then, I wrote my first novel, “Friendship, Love & Sacrifice” and “In Search Of Happiness”
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Most of my writing is inspired by Haruki Murakami, and that too, all these novels. Paulo Coehlo’s work. I consider myself more of a character writing than a plotter writer. I like to get inside my character head as these writers do.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is Zwischenzug, part five of my series, “Murder of my mysterious wife”.
In this book, I have talked about current literary scene in India while also, we lost a good actor, due to his suicide. I have written this part consider both things. Also, this book is heavily focused on Exposition and characterization and this is the part where most of the story changes and developed further in the upcoming parts.