Conspiracy of Calaspia

Conspiracy of Calaspia
Conspiracy of Calaspia cover
Author(s)	The Guptara Twins, Suresh Guptara & Jyoti Guptara
Cover artist	Al Knight
Country	India
Language	English
Series	Insanity Saga
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Tara Press
Publication date	November 21, 2006
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	598 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	ISBN 81-8386-026-5 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC Number	428175395

Conspiracy of Calaspia is a fantasy novel written by twin teenage novelists Suresh and Jyoti Guptara. It is the first book of the Insanity Saga that follows the story of Bryn Bellyset - a 16 year old heir to an enormously successful drink empire - his fellow barue and others as they race to save the land of Calaspia from an evil force many still believe to be extinct.

The Guptara twins wrote the first draft at the age of eleven. The book reached the bestseller list when the authors were seventeen..

Calaspia competition

In 2007, Irish, Indian, and American companies together launched an international short story writing competition for young people based on Conspiracy of Calaspia ^[1], in which the writers must take the Guptara Twins' characters on their own adventure. The top ten prizes are an all-expenses-paid 10-day tour of England's literary sites, with 100 runner-up prizes. Stories will be chosen based on the criteria of creativity and originality, and will be judged by an eminent panel^[2] consisting of:

• Gurcharan Das, business guru, columnist & playwright;
• Bianca Jagger the renowned social and human rights advocate;
• Dr Michael Nobel, great-grandnephew of the founder of the Nobel Prizes, and immediate past-President of the Nobel Family Society;
• Alec Sokolow, Academy Award nominated screenwriter (Evan Almighty, Garfield, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Toy Story);
• G. P. Taylor, best-selling author (Shadowmancer, Wormwood, Tersias)

The official Calaspia Literary Competition web site is www.calaspia-competition.com

References

• ISBN 81-8386-026-5 (hardcover, November 2006)

1. ^ http://tehelka.com/story_main21.asp?filename=hub102806vanity_fair.asp
2. ^ http://www.twins.guptara.net/conspiracy.htm#endorsements
3. ^ http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/08/guptaras_conspi.html
4. ^ http://www.twins.guptara.net/news.htm

External links

Official

• Official Guptara Twins Web Presence
• Dutch publisher's Calaspia Website
• Web Presence of German Publishing House Rowohlt

Interviews

• Recorded audio of interview with Guptara Twins from BBC World Service
• Jyoti Guptara talks about their lives Recorded audio of interview, Jyoti Guptara talks to Hans Fischer of SwissEduc
• Business Standard Q&A, 24 December 2006, New Delhi