arunpradhan
I write stories about hope, curiosity, and courage.
Also demons. Obviously, demons.
It's middle grade fantasy for readers who like misfits, rogue wizards, dangerous games, and heroes who don’t fit the official job description.
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Twig and the Slightly Heroic League of Misfits
Fourteen-year-old Twig is one-armed, relentlessly curious, and desperate to win his warrior father's approval by claiming a place in Ikto's Game, a deadly contest run by an insane god. But when his father tries to have him killed, Twig flees to Eon, a magical living city, for one last shot at the Game.
There, facing dangerous trials, a criminal underworld, and a zealot knight who wants him exiled, Twig must choose between becoming the hero his father demands or building something new with the misfits everyone has cast aside.
Currently querying.
About Arun
Above all else, I'm a curious and empathetic geek.
As a second-generation migrant to Australia, I've often found myself a misfit between two worlds. I love stories with laughter, danger, wonder, and characters who don’t quite fit. The kind of stories where curiosity is useful, courage is messy, and heroism means challenging the status quo to build something better.
I'm known for my work in Learning & Development, but have been writing behind the scenes for a while. As far back as 2014, I won the Best Unpublished Manuscript award in the middle-grade category at the Children’s and Young Adult Writers and Illustrators Conference in Australia for a middle-grade historical-detective story. I’ve written several other manuscripts over the past fifteen years, though this is the first story I know is ready to release into the world.
MY DEBUT NOVEL COMING SOON:
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