Age, Biography and Wiki
Samit Basu was born on 14 December, 1979 in Kolkata, India, is an Indian writer (born 1979). Discover Samit Basu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?
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| Occupation |
Novelist, film director |
| Age |
44 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
14 December 1979 |
| Birthday |
14 December |
| Birthplace |
Kolkata, India |
| Nationality |
India
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He is a member of famous Novelist with the age 44 years old group.
Samit Basu Height, Weight & Measurements
At 44 years old, Samit Basu height not available right now. We will update Samit Basu's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Samit Basu Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Samit Basu worth at the age of 44 years old? Samit Basu’s income source is mostly from being a successful Novelist. He is from India. We have estimated Samit Basu's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Novelist |
Samit Basu Social Network
Timeline
Samit Basu (born 14 December 1979) is an Indian novelist and filmmaker whose body of work includes science fiction, fantasy and superhero novels, children's books, graphic novels, short stories, and a Netflix film.
His most recently published novel is The City Inside, an anti dystopian near future science fiction novel set in Delhi and published by Macmillan imprint Tordotcom.
Born 14 December 1979 in a Bengali family, Basu grew up in Calcutta, where he studied at Don Bosco School, and later Presidency College, Kolkata, where he obtained a degree in Economics.
He dropped out of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to write The Simoqin Prophecies and then went on to complete a course in broadcasting and documentary film-making at the University of Westminster, London.
Basu is the author of the GameWorld Trilogy, The Simoqin Prophecies, The Manticore's Secret and The Unwaba Revelations, a fantasy trilogy published by Penguin Books, India.
He gained worldwide presence with the metahuman duology, Turbulence and its sequel Resistance, a superhero novel set in India, Pakistan and England, published by Titan Books.
He is also the author of the Adventures of Stoob series of children's books set in Delhi, and Terror on the Titanic a YA novel.
The UK publication of Turbulence in 2012 introduced Basu to the West.
Wired said "Turbulence has it all… Solid writing, great character development, humor, personal loss, and excellent points to ponder in every chapter."
It also won a Wired Geekdad Goldenbot Award and appeared at no.2 on the list of hot new Amazon Science Fiction titles on the week of its release.
Since 2013, Basu has also written a series of children's books titled The Adventures of Stoob.
Three books have been published so far in the series - Testing Times, A Difficult Stage and Mismatch Mayhem.
All three have been illustrated by graphic artist Sunaina Coelho.
Basu is also a comics writer.
His initial projects with Virgin Comics were as a writer for Shekhar Kapur's Devi (#3-#10) and The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma based on the Panchatantra.
Basu also co-wrote Untouchable (comics), a graphic novel with X-Men and Lucifer writer Mike Carey and went on to write UnHoli, an episodic zombie comedy set in and around New Delhi.
In 2013, Basu published Local Monsters, a comic/fantasy take about six immigrant monsters living in a house in Delhi, and contributed to 18 Days, a Grant Morrison take on the Mahabharata.
In April 2019, Netflix announced that Basu was a co-director and writer of House Arrest, one of their new International Originals series from India.
Its previous Indian edition Chosen Spirits, published 2020, was shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature.
He currently lives and works in Delhi and Mumbai, India.
In 2020, Chosen Spirits was published by Simon and Schuster.
The book is described as 'anti-dystopian'.
