Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani
Portrait of Yaddanapudi
Born(1940-04-02)2 April 1940
Kaza, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died18 May 2018(2018-05-18) (aged 78)
Cupertino, California, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
LanguageTelugu
NationalityIndian
Period1970–2018
GenreRomance, playwright, novelist

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani (2 April 1940 – 18 May 2018) was an Indian Telugu language novelist. She had a strong fan following since the 1970s and early 1980s, especially among women. Several of her stories were made into films and television serials. She won two Nandi Awards.