Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani (2 April 1940 – 18 May 2018) was an Indian Telugu language novelist.

[2] Several of her stories were made into films and television serials.

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani was born on 2 April 1940[3] in a Telugu speaking family at Kaza in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh.

[4] Yaddanapudi died on 18 May 2018 in California, U.S. while visiting her daughter.

The then Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, and Andhra Pradesh opposition leader Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy offered their condolences.