Baby Elephant Walk: An Interview with Vaseem Khan, Author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency Novels

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Welcome to Episode 4 of the Art In Fiction Podcast!
Meet Vaseem Khan, the author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series of crime novels set in Mumbai, India.
Vaseem reads from Murder at the Grand Raj Palace and talks about writing, publishing, and marketing.
Khan's next novel is the first in a new series. Called Midnight at Malabar House, the novel is set in 1950 in Bombay and introduces Inspector Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective.
Highlights:

• Inspiration for Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series
• The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star and Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
• Social issues featured in the novels
• Reading from Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
• Writing and marketing advice
• Khan's new novel Midnight at Malabar House
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast

Press Play right now and be sure to check out Vaseem Khan's novels on Art In Fiction.
Baby Ganesh Agency Series:
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
Bad Day at the Vulture Club

Latest Novel
Midnight at Malabar House

Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast

Vaseem Khan's website: www.vaseemkhan.com

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Chapters

1. Baby Elephant Walk: An Interview with Vaseem Khan, Author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency Novels (00:00:00)

2. Welcome to Vaseem Khan (00:01:05)

3. Inspiration for the Baby Ganesh Agency Series (00:01:41)

4. Serious issues addressed in the novels (00:03:07)

5. Discussion about elephants (00:05:54)

6. Background and its relationship to writing crime novels (00:08:33)

7. The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (00:10:37)

8. The transgender community in Mumbai (00:13:24)

9. Murder at the Grand Raj Palace (00:16:17)

10. Advertisement - ProWritingAid (00:26:12)

11. Reading from Murder at the Grand Raj Palace (00:27:12)

12. Midnight at Malabar House (00:29:08)

13. Plotting a crime novel (00:31:49)

14. Marketing advice for new authors (00:35:00)

15. Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast (00:37:54)