Venita Coelho

Legal name: Coelho, Venita

Birth place: Dehra Dun, Uttarkhand, India

Birth date: 1966

Language: English

Bibliographic comments: Winner of The Hindu’s Good Reads award for Best Fiction for Children 2016.

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The Washer of the Dead: A Collection of Ghost Stories

2010

Library edition: May 2010, 1st edition, 2nd printing

Zubaan Books / Penguin Books India

ISBN 978-81-89884-61-1

Trade paperback, vi+136 pages

₹199

Notes:

Fiction: Do You Believe in Ghosts? // The Ghost Who Fell in Love // The Ghost Next Door // The Wind-Haunted

Village // The Special Girl // Spirits of Silence // Kanikha // Possession // Ave Maria // The Exorcism // The

Washer of the Dead // Jhok // The Naked Ghost // Child Crying // Long Distance // Sealed // The Sleepers

Dark Tales: Ghost Stories from India

2021

< May 2021, 1st edition

Penguin Books India

ISBN 978-01-43451-55-6

Trade paperback, 184 pages

₹250

Notes:

Fiction: Devdas // Last Local Home // Suhaag Raat // An Interview with Death // The God of All Drunks // It's

Just a Thriller // The Good Wife // Selfie // Jaan // Ram Lakhan