Ashwini Bhatnagar is an experienced journalist-author, and a film writer. He has worked with leading national newspapers, including The Times of India, The Tribune, Sunday Mail, and The Pioneer in editorial leadership positions. He has sixteen books to his credit, most of them biographies. The Lotus Years, Political Life in India in the Time of Rajiv Gandhi was nominated for the Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year at TataLit Live 2020. Several of his books have also been acquired for film adaption.