Madhulika Liddle is best known for her books featuring the 17th century Mughal detective Muzaffar Jang, although she is also a prolific writer of short fiction, travel writing, and writing related to classic cinema.

The Muzaffar Jang Series: Madhulika’s best-known series of works are historical whodunnits featuring the 17th century Mughal detective, Muzaffar Jang. Till now, three books in the series have been published:
The Englishman’s Cameo (2009)
The Eighth Guest & Other Muzaffar Jang Mysteries (2011)
Engraved in Stone (2012)

Short stories: Madhulika has written a range of short stories in different genres, including black humour, humour, crime and detection, and social awareness. Several of these have won awards (including the prestigious Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s (CBA) Short Story Competition, for A Morning Swim, in 2003) or have been selected for anthologies.
Madhulikas first collection of contemporary short stories was published as My Lawfully Wedded Husband and Other Stories in 2012. The book is a set of twelve stories, all of which have a twist in the tale.

Travel writing: Madhulika writes travel reviews under the pseudonym phileasfogg for the Rough Guides-IgoUgo travel community. Some of her travel writings have been published in Indian newspapers.

Classic cinema: Madhulika maintains a blog on classic cinema, . The blog is devoted to reviews, reflections, ‘favourite lists’ and similar posts on cinema prior to the 1970s. Madhulika’s essay, Villains and Vamps and All Things Camp, on the suspense thriller genre in classic Hindi cinema, was published in the anthology The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies do to Writers, published by Westland-Tranquebar in 2011.

Awards and Recognition: CBA Short Story Competition – Honourable Mention (2002) for Love and the Papaya Man
CBA Short Story Competition – Overall Winner (2003) for A Morning Swim
Winner of Oxfordbookstore e-Author version 4.0