Although born in India, Mini Menon spent most of her growing years in Kuwait. At the age of 14, she moved to the town of Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala, India. She has been living in Mumbai for the last twenty years with her family.
A collection of her short stories ‘Whispers at Twilight’ was published by UK-based Grenadier PP in 2008. ‘The Masterpiece’, her second book of short stories, was published in February, 2016. Moreover her poems have been regularly featured in the annual anthology of work done by members of the UKAuthors website where she has been contributing her short stories and poems under the pseudonym ‘niece’. Three short stories have also featured in ‘Tales for a Long Flight’ published by Grenadier PP. Apart from fiction and poems, she is an avid blogger posting material mainly on travel, household philosophy, writing inspiration and poems on three separate blogs. Sketching and oil painting are her other passions.