Suchandra Roychowdhury is an educator with nearly twenty years of teaching experience at colleges in Kolkata. She holds an MA from Presidency University, Kolkata, and an MPhil from the University of Calcutta, and currently lives in Singapore. The Shotgun Wedding, her debut novel published by Aleph Book Company, is a satirical romantic comedy set in a remote village in West Bengal; it was shortlisted for the Women AutHer Awards 2023 by the Times of India Group.