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S Hussain Zaidi

28 February 1968

S.Hussain Zaidi is India’s most prolific crime writer. Discover books he has authored, mentored, choreographed, and presented under the aegis of Blue Salt imprint.

Before Hussain Zaidi turned into a writer, publisher, producer, scriptwriter, and mentor to new talent, he was a journalist. Though he primarily covered crime, he was also an investigative journalist for over twenty years. Hussain Zaidi started his career with the Asian Age and the Indian Express before moving on to Mid Day and Mumbai Mirror as Editor (investigations), He worked as Senior Editor with Express, Resident Editor in the Asian Age, and bid adieu to journalism in 2016 after his swansong stint as city editor in Mirror.

Hussain’s imprint Blue Salt has tied up with India’s largest publishing house. Penguin Random House, as co-publisher. Under his imprint Blue Salt -Penguin India they have published 12 books so far.