Samit Basu (born 14 December 1979) is an Indian novelist and filmmaker whose body of work in books includes fantasy and superhero novels, children's books, graphic novels and short stories, and in film a romantic comedy, House Arrest (2019 film)
Basu is the author of The Simoqin Prophecies, The Manticore's Secret and The Unwaba Revelations, the three parts of The GameWorld Trilogy, a fantasy trilogy published by Penguin Books, India, He gained worldwide presence with Turbulence, a superhero novel set in India, Pakistan and England, published by Titan Books internationally, and its sequel "Resistance".
He is also the author of the "Adventures of Stoob" series of children's books set in Delhi, and Terror on the Titanic a YA novel.i.
He currently lives and works in Delhi and Mumbai, India.