the auther awards 2023 winners were announced at a gala ceremony in new delhi on march 19 2023 eminent journalist barkha dutt won the auther award 2023 in best nonfiction category for her book to hell and back humans of covidthe auther awards a joint initiative between jk paper and the times of india honour and celebrates the best works by indian women writers in four different categories namely fiction nonfiction debut and childrens literature read alsoauther awards 2023 shortlist announcedthe auther awards is an annual prize that is given to the best women authors in different genres the shortlist for auther awards 2023 was announced todaymicro review savi and the memory keeper by bijal vachharajaniauthor bijal vachharajanis book savi and the memory keeper is shortlisted for the auther awards season 4 in best childrens literature category read the toi micro review herebarkha dutt won the award for her book to hell and back humans of covid in which she writes about how the covid pandemic affected people instead of the numbers and statistics of the pandemic she focuses on human stories on winning the award barkha said out of 24 years of being a journalist 202021 would have probably been the toughest years of my professional and personal life tougher than reporting war and conflict we were four people in a maruti ertiga travelling the length and breadth of india reporting about the pandemic somewhere along the way of reporting the pandemic i lost my father to covid i became the story that i was reporting and the only way i knew to deal with it was to go out and report again this book is drawn from the stories of people whom i met i would like to thank the people who shared their stories with me in very difficult times it means a lot to me to be recognised i feel my life has been bookended from kargil to covid in some waysthe other shortlisted books in best nonfiction category were1 chemical khichdi how i hacked my mental health by aparna piramal rajeaparnas chemical khichdi is a partmemoir and part selfhelp book that provides a pathway for anyone who is dealing with a mental health issues or their family or caregivers 2 rani durgawati the forgotten life of a warrior queen by nandini senguptaas the title suggests this is a biography of rani durgawati a warrior queen of a tribal kingdom whose story is forgotten by the world at large however she lives on in the songs and folk tales of her people even todayapart from this the lifetime achievement award was given to shashi deshpande and the popular choice awards based on online voting was given to vaishnavi roy for her book unwind this year a new award for best manuscript was also included it was given to aditi sowmyanarayan for with you right through while ankita pal was awarded a certificate of excellence for throne of dragonixcheck out the complete list of auther awards 2023