Priya Kumar

Priya Kumar (b. 4 March 1974) is an Indian writer and motivational speaker. She is an author of 12 books including novels and self-help books. Her works mainly deal with inspirational and spiritual themes. Her book License to Live (2010) was nominated for Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. In 2019, her novel I Will Go with You (2015) was adapted into web television series The Final Call, starring Arjun Rampal, Sakshi Tanwar, Javed Jaffrey.[1][2]

Priya Kumar
Priya Kumar in 2016, Mumbai
Born (1974-03-04) 4 March 1974
Chandigarh, India
OccupationWriter, motivational speaker
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Notable works
Website
priya-kumar.com

Early life

Priya Kumar was born on 4 March 1974 in Chandigarh, India. She took her schooling at St. Kabir Public School, Chandigarh. She graduated from the University of Bombay in economics, and obtained master's degree in psychotherapy and counter selling. She later done her post-graduation in marketing and sales from NMIMS university. She started her career as a motivational speaker at the age of 22.[3]

Works

Priya is an author of 12 books. Her works mainly deals with inspirational and spiritual themes.[1]

In 2010, she published her first book License to Live, a self-help book with spiritual theme, which she termed as 'inspiration thriller' and 'spiritual fiction'.[4] It won the Eric Hoffer Award in 2012. It is a collection of fictionalized fables with first person narration. Her next book I Am Another You: A Journey To Powerful Breakthroughs was published in the same year and became bestseller. It deals with the themes such as self-realization and shamanism. It narrates Priya's experiences with shamans tribe, an ancient traibal group in Netherlands.[5][6][7][8] I Am Another You was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Award.[9] Next year she published her novel The Perfect World.[10]

In 2014, she wrote biography of Om Prakash Munjal, an Indian businessman and founder of Hero Cycles, under the title The Inspiring Journey of a Hero. Written in the style of self-help book, it narrates Munjal's life journey with motivational approach. The book covers Munjal's major aspects of life including his early life, partition, and handling his bicycle company.[11] It was published by Penguin Books in 2014. Writers Alice McDermott in Sunday Tribune and P. P. Ramachandran in The Free Press Journal reviewed the biography and praised for its inspiration portrayals of Munjal.[12][13][5] It was translated into Hindi under the title Ek Super Hero Ki Shandaar Kahani (2015).

In 2015, she published suspense thriller novel I Will Go with You. Its plot follows a pilot of flight, who decides to commit suicide while on board. Instead of dying alone, he chooses to endanger the lives of 300 passengers of the flight and dies in mid-air along with them. It deals with several themes including afterlife, karma, mortality and spirituality.[14] I Will Go With You became bestseller, and was adapted into 2019 web television series The Final Call, starring Arjun Rampal, Sakshi Tanwar, Javed Jaffrey.[2][15] In April 2019, Priya announced that she is writing the second season of The Final Call.[16] In January 2019, ZEE5 announced another web-series adaptation of her book The Wise Man Said (2017).[17][18]

She is also featured in the list of top 10 Indian Motivational Speakers.

Publications
  • License to Live (2010)
  • I Am Another You: A Journey To Powerful Breakthroughs (2010)
  • The Perfect World: A Journey To Infinite Possibilities (2011)
  • Thinking Aloud: A Collection Of Original Inspirational Quotes (2013)
  • The Inspiring Journey of a Hero (2014)
  • I Will Go with You: The Flight of a Lifetime (2015)
  • Dream Dare Deliver (2015)
  • Ek Super Hero Ki Shandaar Kahani (2015), Hindi translation of The Inspiring Journey of a Hero
  • The Calling – Unleash Your True Self (2016)
  • How to Write a Book in 8 Days (2017)
  • The Wise Man Said (2017)
  • Man Hunt (2020)

References
  1. Jain, Arushi (2019-04-14). "With success of The Final Call, I learnt content is king: Writer Priya Kumar". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. "Priya Kumar's novel 'I Will Go With You' to be adapted into a Zee5 web series". Scroll. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. Gina, Justus (2007-05-31). "Dealing with your fears and learning to cope up with the demands of today's lifestyle can be challenging". Gulf Today. Sharjah.
  4. Ansari, Humaira (2010-10-10). "Spirituality spun into fiction". DNA India. Mumbai. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  5. McDermott, Alice (2014-04-06). "Spectrum". The Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. Khatri, Manoj (2012-09-09). "License to live: A seeker's journey to greatness! by Priya Kumar". Complete Wellbeing. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  7. "I Am Another You". The Times of India. 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  8. Chandra, Vaishalli (2009-09-12). "Whack yourself before life does Priya Kumar's first book, I am another you, was launched in Banglaore on Friday". DNA India. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  9. "Priya Kumar - I am a woman and I get paid to talk". iuemag.com. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  10. Virmani, Ashish (2011-12-21). "'I'm a messenger of hope': Spiritualist and self-help author Priya Kumar talks about her new book and her world view". DNA India. Mumbai. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  11. Venkataramakrishnana, Rohan (2014-02-16). "An Inspirational read that does not deliver". Mail Today.
  12. Swamy, Narayan (2014-06-21). "Story A 'Hero' every Indian can be proud of (Book Review)". Indo-Asian News Service. New Delhi. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  13. Ramachandran, P. P. (2014-06-14). "Book Review: The Inspiring Journey of a Hero". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  14. Shankar, Anuradha (2015-04-01). "I Will Go With You: The Flight Of A Lifetime By Priya Kumar". Complete Wellbeing. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  15. "ZEE5 to launch web series on Priya Kumar's bestselling novel 'I Will Go With You'". Indian Television. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  16. Shah, Chandni (2019-04-20). "Exclusive: 'The Final Call' Screenwriter Priya Kumar Reveals Season 2 in Making, Says she Wants to Direct it This Time". LatestLY. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  17. Rajesh, Srividya (2019-01-28). "ZEE5 to launch web-series on Priya Kumar's novel 'The Wise Man Said'". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  18. "This World Book Day, ZEE5 announces eight new book adaptations". Zee News. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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