Ved Prakash Sharma (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi.
He primarily wrote detective novels, among them Kalyug ki Ramayan and Vardi Wala Gunda were his famous works.
The main characters in his detective novels were Vijay, Vikas, Raghunath, Alphanse, Vibha Jindal, Keshav Pandit and Raina.
From the mid 80s to 2001 he authored several novels with themes of social issues, intrigue in relationships, mercenary motives, greed, betrayal, affairs and conspiracy.
In 2010 Zee TV aired Keshav Pandit, a series based on the character created by Sharma.