Shaiju Mathew is an Indian–Canadian author, screenplay writer, movie reviewer and director, known for his 2010 book Knocked Up.

[7] After working as a singer and a screenplay writer Mathew, who moved to Bangalore after university, wrote Knocked Up, a coming of age novel.

[2] The book took Mathew 20 days to write and the author drew inspiration from his childhood experiences with his friends.

[9] In an interview to a popular news paper Mathew said that he is influenced by the works of RK Narayan, Jane Austen, Enid Blyton and Ruskin Bond.

[12] Mathew is also associated with Citadel Cinemas a Bangalore based production house that produced Bangles a malayalam feature film and a short film Oru Thundu Padam starring Aju Varghese.