Shobha De (née Rajadhyaksha, formerly Kilachand; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist.

"[2][3] Shobhaa De was born on 7 January 1948[4] in Mumbai into a Marathi Brahmin family, even though she just portrays being Hindu.

[7] At age 20, she began her career as a journalist, writing "agony aunt" advice columns and features for society magazines.

Ankita Shukla wrote for The Times of India, in 2016, that "unignorable has been Shobhaa De's unabashed description of the womenfolk in her novels.

"[2] Urmee Khan writes for The Guardian in 2007, "Her books are steeped in a lifetime's observation of Bollywood," and "They describe a side of the country that western audiences rarely encounter, her central themes being power, greed, lust and sex.