Gajra Kottary debuted as an author in early 1996 with her first collection of short stories. Her debut novel Broken Melodies was published in 2011. Her second novel Once upon a Star was released in December 2014 and the third, Girls Don’t Cry in June 2017. She is an award-winning screenwriter for some of the biggest shows on Indian television, including Astitva and Balika Vadhu.