"Sunny Singh was born in Varanasi. She received her education in various parts of India and the world.
She has worked as a journalist, teacher, and as a management executive for multinationals in Mexico, Chile and South Africa. For the last four years, she has been writing full-time. She is also a playwright."

This book was released on Dec 22, 2000 by Penguin India. Sunny Singh shares her thoughts on her inspirations behind writing this book and how the material in the book was built.

The novel, Nani's Book of Suicides, has a triple narrative, dealing with the life of the grandmother, the grand-daughter/narrator, and a third that deals with myths based on stories that the grandmother recounts.