Joe Chacko

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Joe Chacko is a doctor turned writer.

The near-death experience of working in Intensive Care during the COVID pandemic convinced him it was time to find another career: one that was less likely to kill him.

He signed up for an online writing course and completed his first book, "The Tender Coconut Tamasha", in between Intensive Care shifts.

That book has garnered an average of 4.5/5 stars on Amazon and made the longlist of the 2022 Page Turner Awards.

In the same year, he appeared at the Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s international crime writing festival, as 'support act' to Anthony Horowitz.

He's working on the next instalment in the Bangalore Civil Nuisance Unit series.

He lives and works in Scotland.

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