Manjima Chatterjee is a drama explorer, teacher and occasional writer. She began writing for the theatre after being accepted to the writer's Bloc Workshop organised by rage and supported by Royal Court Theatre. She has been shortlisted for the BBC's International Radio playwriting competition and won The Hindu Metro Plus Playwright Award in 2013. Trained in process drama under Maya Krishna Rao,  Manjima has worked with children in drama for most of her life.