Ganpy Nataraj is a Michigan-based author who believes storytelling is a way to make sense of life’s chaos, one page at a time. From reading stories as a child to writing them as an adult, he continues to chase that elusive mix of emotion, imagination, and meaning.

An engineer by education and an entrepreneur by profession, Ganpy’s literary interests span romance, speculative fiction, political satire, and intimate explorations of human relationships. He has been blogging for over two decades and began publishing fiction more recently.

His first novel, TEXIT – A Star Alone, a speculative political thriller, was published in November 2023 to critical interest. In 2025, he followed it up with Love, Fear, and Other Constellations, a compelling collection of ten short stories that traverse genres and emotional landscapes.

He lives in Novi, Michigan, surrounded by family, his two rescue dogs, and more story ideas than he has...