Neelam Karki Niharika (Nepali: नीलम कार्की निहारिका) (born April 9, 1975) is a Nepalese award-winning novelist, poet and short-story writer. She is best known for writing Beli, Hawaan, Cheerharan, Draupadi Abashesh, and Yogmaya. Her first novel Maun Jeevan was published in 1994. Source: Wikipedia (en)