SUNANDA AMARAPURKAR HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MARATHI LITERATURE WITH HIGH QUALITY TRANSLATIONS OF BEST SELLING BOOKS FROM THE WORLD OVER. SINCE 2001, SHE HAS TRANSLATED AND PUBLISHED MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE BOOKS, OF WHICH SHE WON THE AWARD FOR BEST LITERATURE CALLED “ TARKATEERTHA LAXMANSHASTRI JOSHI UTKRUSHTA VANGMAY PURASKAR” IN 2011. A POSTGRADUATE IN MYTHOLOGY, HER WORKS INCLUDE NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, BOOKS ON PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES. HER BOOK ‘MEMOIRS OF A GIESHA’(2007) ALSO WON THE BEST PUBLICATION AWARD. WITH A KEEN EYE FOR DETAIL AND READINESS TO RESEARCH WHERE NECESSARY, SHE HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE STYLE OF WRITING WHICH HAS NOT ONLY MADE HER POPULAR AMONG READERS OF MARATHI LITERATURE BUT ALSO CREATED A FOLLOWING FOR HER AS AN AUTHOR.