Neelam Saxena Chandra is a prolific bilingual author, writing in both English and Hindi. She has published 7 novels, 9 short story collections, 49 poetry collections, and 16 children’s books. Her literary achievements include holding three records in the Limca Book of Records.
Neelam has received several prestigious awards, including the Sohanlal Dwivedi Puraskar for children’s literature (2018) by the Maharashtra State Hindi Sahitya Akademi, the Premchand Award by the Ministry of Railways, and the Rabindranath Tagore International Poetry Award. She has also been honored with the Freedom Award by Radio City for lyrics, an award from the American Embassy presented by Gulzar Sahab, the Setu International Award for Excellence (2024), and the Reuel International Lifetime Achievement Award, among others. She was recently awarded a fellowship from IAE.
In 2014, she was listed by Forbes (India) as one of the 78 most popular authors in India. She is the founder of Literary Warriors Group.
