Dangerous Minds

Hussain Zaidi is India's number one crime writer. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Black Friday and My Name Is Abu Salem. A veteran of investigative, crime and terror reporting in the media, he has worked for the Asian Age, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day and Indian Express. He is also the associate producer for the HBO movie Terror in Mumbai, based on the 26/11 terror strikes. He lives with his family in Mumbai.Cop by the day, author by night, Brijesh Singh wears multiple hats. He started as an engineer before joining the coveted Indian Police Service, and now patrols the Internet as the head of cyber-police, and simultaneously also handles the public relations department for the Maharashtra government. An avid reader of philosophy and Indology, he indulges in Western and Indian classical music too. When not writing you can find him cooking in the kitchen for his lovely wife, two daughters, his friends and the cat. His debut novel Quantum Siege was published in 2014 by Penguin Books.