Indu Menon is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer.

She was awarded the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers in 2014, and was recognized by India Today as one of India's Upcoming Writers in 2015.

In 2005, India Today also selected her as one of the twenty young talents of Kerala.

She married Malayalam film director and poet Rupesh Paul.

[1] Menon is a lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the Kerala Institute for Research Training and Development Studies (KIRTADS).