Chetna Keer is a columnist, novelist, former journalist & guest faculty at IIMC-Delhi. creative writing mentor & poet. Her sixth book, historical novel "MAHARAJA'S MORAN - LOST QUEEN OF LAHORE" has gone global, showcasing at the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, after featuring on foreign RED FM TORONTO & SHER-E-PUNJAB VANCOUVER podcasts and at 'Global South' ANANKE LITFEST 2026. Chetna's fifth book, “Geisha in the Gota Patti”, was LONG-LISTED for the OXFORD BOOK COVER PRIZE 2026.
She clocked over 25 years in journalism. Later, she was Creative Writing Mentor for Deepalaya's media program, in collaboration with McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute, New York. Currently, she pens popular HT column “WITerati”. Chetna has authored six books. Her ‘Gulmohar’ Trilogy touches on contemporary concerns like climate change, war and peace. 
She was a Speaker at Whitmarsh Knight Memorial Lecture on Climate Crisis, 2019, BCS, Shimla. She has been invited to leading litfests, from Khushwant Singh Litfest Kasauli to Chandigarh's "Literati", Pune International Litfest to 'Global South' Ananke Litfest.