Shankar Hosagoudar is a Product Manager by day and a storyteller by every other moment he can spare. When he’s not busy building mobile apps, you’ll find him biking, hiking, reading, or scribbling his next big idea—often all at once, or so he claims. As one of founding members of ArtoonsInn, Shankar has penned numerous short stories for the community and even earned a spot in Trail XIII, an anthology by The Hive Publishers. He once cheekily admitted that writing is just his clever excuse to research anything and everything under the sun. Shankar’s stories often travel the globe, weaving cultural roots into vivid characters whose accents feel as authentic as their origins. A proud Kannadiga living in Bangalore, he’s as passionate about his heritage as he is about spinning a good tale.