Anjum Hasan is an Indian novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor.

[3] Anjum Hasan's first book was a collection of poems Street on the Hill, published by Sahitya Akademi in 2006.

[7] Set in Shillong in the early 1990s, it weaves together the stories of its three main characters, and has been described by Siddhartha Deb as 'haunting and lyrical'.

It told the story of 25-year old Sophie Das, a dreamy character from Shillong, looking for fulfilment in Bangalore.

"[9][10] Her short-story collection, Difficult Pleasures (Penguin/Viking 2012), was shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize[11] and the Crossword Book Award.