D.V.S.R. Murthy is Saraswata Siromani, a novelist, short story writer, biographer, critic, linguist, lexicographer, book-reviewer, radio talker, and so on. 23 books stand to his credit. He taught English language and literature to the students of the degree classes in Andhra Pradesh for more than three decades before he had settled down as an advocate.
His literary career took off as a critic. 22 articles on literary, political and other subjects were published in almost all leading journals of India. His first Telugu story, Velugubata, glowing darkness, was selected by a leading weekly in 1979 in a competition. He wrote 39 short stories till now. Four of them won awards of Rs.1500/-, Rs.1000/-, Rs.500/-and Rs.400/-in various competitions.
Murthy wrote the biographies of Mahatma Gandhi (1967) and Gopalakrisna Gokhale(1969). His popular work is English in 60 Days (1986) in Telugu and Hindi. Maugham's Novels: A Critical Study (1991) is his research work for a Ph.D. A Manual of History of English-Language and A Handbook of Literary Forms (1991) are in great demand by college students all over India.
His forte is creativity. He wrote four Telugu novels, and the first one, Mithyabimbaalu, stood eighth in more than 100 novels in a competition by Andhra Prabha Weekly and was serialized in 1979. Reviewing his second novel, Satyam Sivam Sundaram, in Andhra Prabha Weekly, D.K. said, 'Undoubtedly a great novelist is born.' His four Telugu novels and thirty-nine short stories carved out a niche for him as a writer. The Glimpses of Life is the anthology of his 14 short stories. The Love Letter, his debut novel in English, is in Amazon and Pothi.coms.