Welcome, and thank you for stopping by. My name is (Avi)manyu Datta, and you can find me in the usual social spots like FB, Twitter, and Instagram. To send me an email, please head over to my Contact page. I drink a lot of espressos, so I am quick to respond.

I am the author of the award-winning Time Corrector Series, with The Winding (Released 2/3/2022) being the first book. It has earned the Global Book Award’s Gold medal in the Sci-Fi Romance category, Reader’s Favorite top five SciFi-Time Travel Fiction. The Movement is the second book (launch date 02/01/2023). It won the 2024 13th Annual Kindle Award in Sci-Fi/ Fantasy, 2023 Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal Winner for the Best Sci-Fi Novel ,  The 2023 Global Book Award’s Gold Medal , Indies Today 2023 Best SciFi, and The 2024 Discovery Award in Science Fiction by Indie Reader.  The Reset is the third one (launch date 2/1/2024). On Feb, 07, 2024, The Reset became an Amazon No. 1 Bestseller. It has earned the 2024 International Book Award Finalist in the Science Fiction Category and the  Global Book Award’s Gold Medal in two categories. 

By profession, I am an academic—Professor of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at Illinois State University, USA. I am also affiliated with the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, and I am a Senior Research Fellow with Claremont Graduate University’s The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management. In addition to my day job and writing, I am an avid painter,  a coffee enthusiast, and I collect fountain pens and mechanical wristwatches.

Check out my new book, The Reset. It’s the third novel in my Time Corrector Series.

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