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About the Author
Dr. Sonia Sharma - Where love meets truth, and stories find their voice.
Discovering unexpected passions can transform our lives in profound ways. For 23 years, I pursued my childhood dream of becoming a doctor, only to realize that a piece of me remained unfulfilled. But when I delved into writing, everything changed. As an Indian author, I found my voice in contemporary and fantasy fiction, venturing into the realm of romance with an Amazon Kindle Direct debut. It's more than just another facet of myself—it's my true calling, intertwining with the person I've always been. Dive into my world of words and explore the journey of a writer, where every twist and turn leads to self-discovery. #IndianAuthor #FictionWriter #RomanceAuthor #AmazonKindle #Article370 #JammuAndKashmir
My writing roots
From a teen scribbling verses to a doctor buried in medical notes, writing was the dream I had tucked away. It returned when I least expected—while helping my children with essays—and soon became my voice, my escape, my Me-Time.
That voice grew into stories—of love, resilience, and forgotten truths. From Afterlife, my debut fantasy romance, to Imperfect Lives, and the journeys of Srishti set against the history of Jammu & Kashmir, each book is a piece of my heart shared with the world.
I write to celebrate love, confront silence, and keep alive the stories that matter.
Welcome to my world—where fiction heals, inspires, and lingers.
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My style
“Darkness has its own magnificence… it lets us light up the areas we want to enhance.”
This thought reflects the essence of my writing. I believe stories are born in the spaces between light and shadow—where love meets struggle, and silence hides truths waiting to be told. My style blends emotional depth with realism, weaving together romance, resilience, and the forgotten voices of history.
Every book I write—whether fantasy, contemporary fiction, or social commentary—carries this balance: the rawness of human flaws, the hope of love, and the strength of survival. Through my words, I aim to not just entertain, but to leave behind a lingering echo—stories that stay with the reader long after the last page is read.
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Author Interview about 'The Battle ahead...?'
Can you tell something about yourself?
I am a Cosmetic Dentist and Implantologist by training, but my journey as an author began when I rediscovered a creative spark I had set aside decades ago. For years, professional commitments and family life kept my passion for writing hidden, until one day I decided to give voice to the thoughts I had long carried within me.
What began as an outpouring of emotions soon shaped itself into stories, characters, and plots—and that’s how my first novel, Afterlife, was born, the beginning of a four-part series. This was followed by "Imperfect Lives – A Collection of Short Stories" and "The Battle Ahead...?", a book close to my heart that explores Article 370 and the history of Jammu & Kashmir.
For me, writing is still very much a work in progress—a space where I continue to evolve with every challenge life throws my way. It is both my refuge and my way of connecting deeply with the world.
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How is your book different than others?
Every book seeks the undivided attention of its readers—the plot may change, the language may differ, and predictability may vary, but engagement is the key. The Battle Ahead...? is my attempt at weaving fiction with historical truths handed down through generations since the accession of Jammu & Kashmir to India.
The story explores the social impact of the now-abrogated Article 370, told through the eyes of a young woman who refuses to accept being treated as a second-class citizen in her homeland. It captures the struggles of people living near the volatile borders, the disenchantment of West Pakistan Refugees, and the pain of displaced Kashmiri Pandits.
At its core, the book challenges the collective conscience of a society that stood by while an authoritative regime forced into exile a Maharaja who had, for over a century, preserved the unity of a diverse and strategically vital kingdom—only for India to lose nearly forty percent of its territory in a matter of months.
Unlike biographies or academic texts, my aim was to present this complex history in a more accessible, reader-friendly narrative that both informs and moves.
Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?
On The Battle Ahead...?
This book came from a deeply personal place—I am a product of the very indifference it portrays, having been born in the State of Jammu & Kashmir. For years, it didn’t affect me much; I was married to a resident of the state, so my rights remained intact. But living outside for over a decade, and watching my daughter step into adulthood, I found myself asking: Would she be entitled to the same rights if she married outside the state? That question struck me deeply. For me, it was never just about inheritance—it was about dignity. Why should women be treated any differently? That thought became the seed for The Battle Ahead...?
On the Afterlife Series
The Afterlife books are romance and relationship sagas at their core, but they go beyond love stories. They explore the maturity and emotional depth our relationships desperately need in today’s times. With divorce rates rising, single-parenting becoming more common, and mental health challenges affecting families, I wanted these stories to hold up a mirror and offer a more mindful, proactive approach to how we nurture love and connection.
On Imperfect Lives
Imperfect Lives is a collection of ten short stories that celebrate human flaws and complexities. Each story is a reminder to accept people for who they are, without judgment. It is about finding beauty in imperfection and compassion in understanding lives that may not fit neatly into society’s expectations.
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What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your book?
There were quite a few, but one that truly stayed with me while writing The Battle Ahead...? was how much of the history we’ve grown up reading in textbooks is incomplete. During my research on the conflict in Jammu & Kashmir, I realised there are significant omissions—whole narratives left untold. With today’s access to information, it’s easier to uncover different versions of the same story, which makes you question what we’ve accepted as “official history.” I believe it’s time our historians, as custodians of a civilisation’s social, cultural, and political memory, take responsibility for filling those gaps and presenting a more honest picture of our past.
What is your work schedule like when you're writing?
It’s erratic. I possibly can’t have a disciplined appoach towards writing because I actively pursue my Clinical engagements. Writing fits in in-between whenever I can make time. Besides, writing has come at a time in my career when I was most busy juggling my professional commitments, my family duties, my children’s most demanding career years. If I look back, I feel, writing was my answer to the fatigue I felt towards making everybody’s life easier around me; be it my family or my patients. It was a rebellious act to steal some time to do something that had nothing to do with anyone else but me. It definatly has given a different perspective, a different pursuit to my life and I’m glad, I took the initiative to write those first few words, hesitatingly though.
· What do you think makes a good story?
A story that’s told from your heart. A narrative that plays in your head like a movie and touches your soul. The words when read evoke some kind of emotion in you. The plot that is less than predictable. An uninterrupted flow of events. These things sum up as a good read for me.
· What is your writing process like?
Since I’m not a student of literature, I didn’t even know, there’s a process in writing. Writing had always come naturally to me because for me it spelt just about penning down my thoughts. It’s very recently when after I published my books and interacted with fellow authors, editors or interviewers, I realized, there was something known as writing process. I tried finding mine but I guess there’s no definate name for it. You can call it spontaneous or maybe stray, where I leave my characters out there to follow what they want to, howsoever they like. It’s like a movie playing in my head where my characters converse with themselves, ask questions, find their way, meet new people, create parallel diversions in the story which weren’t predecided. So I guess, I’ll call it more of a Wandering style or like I said Stray or for a literally profound term, Spontaneous. These might not be the styles which are discussed or studied in the field of literature but I believe in creating my own path, my very own distinct style.
What advice do you have for writers?
I’m too new in the field of writing that my advice might not matter but yeah, for answering the question, I can fairly say that while writing, one must follow one’s heart. If you’re telling a story, it’s your story and it should come from what you believe and not about what the set rules are. When you read your story, it should talk back to you. If the humour in your story doesn’t make your lips stretch for a smile, if a sad or an unpleasant event doesn’t bring tears to your eyes even if you are revising it for the tenth time; you would wanna improve upon it. Especially in Fiction writing, the Emotional Quotient (EQ) is the most fundamental of the requirements.
How did this story occur to you?
Being from the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and knowing what the implications of Article 370 were, it wasn’t a story. It was a lifestyle of the people born there. It was a matter of entitlement for some and matter of prejudice for the others. Social inequalities have always existed in every society but there has always been concerted efforts made to crease these inequalities out from time to time. My book titled ‘The Battle ahead…?’is a small step in unsurfacing and bringing those grievances out in the open for the society to take corrective steps. It’s just a small initiative in voicing my opinion about it and now that with the changed equations in the administrative side of the State, it seems like work in progress.
What is the book all about?
It’s nothing but a story told through the perspective of a young girl, who is oblivious to the inequality in her system till she faces the music of it, after coming to a marrigable age. I can give you the context by the way of a dialogue in the book. ‘She'd heard about the families, which objected to their children marrying by choice for the reasons of faith, caste or social status but some damned Act of Constitution, this was a first.’ Now this is what a young, educated girl or a person will think in the given circumstances. This is all the story of Srishti, the daughter of a martyr is all about as she goes from being an uninformed teenager to a woman to reckon with. This is story of strength of a girl who took against the system trying to fight the inequality instead of taking a safe flight out of the system while she could. This is the story of the forgotten tales of Jammu and Kashmir which weren’t written down in history books but are only passed on from one generation to another. This is the Story of Jammu, the less spoken about Step-sister of Kashmir.