Shobhaa De

Shobha De
De at an event in 2015
BornShobha Rajadhyaksha
(1948-01-07) 7 January 1948
Satara District, Province of Bombay, Dominion of India
(present-day Maharashtra, India)
Occupation
  • Author
  • columnist
  • novelist
SpouseSudhir Vrajlal Kilachand
Dilip De
Children6

Shobha De (née Rajadhyaksha, formerly Kilachand; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist. She is best known for her depiction of socialites and sex in her works of fiction, for which she has been referred to as the "Jackie Collins of India."