Sharon Joseph, is an Indian Author of the thriller genre, playback singer and lyricist from Kerala who sings in six languages: Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi and English. She pens lyrics in the English and Hindi Language. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie Hangover in 2014. Her debut parapsychological thriller novel titled "Terrors of Midnight" was recently awarded the RABINDRANATH TAGORE LITERATURE AWARD 2024 presented by DRDC Global on the basis of exceptional content writing skills and storytelling forte, as a debutant solo author.
Personal life
Sharon was born to a Roman Catholic Syrian Christian family from Kottayam, Kerala on 17 July 1989. She has been born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She started learning Carnatic music at the age of 4 under Mrs. Meenakshi Subramanian.
Career
Before stepping into her full-time Music Career, Sharon was working in Pune with Suzlon, until the time she got married. A Post graduate in Business Administration, Sharon debuted as a playback singer in 2014 with the song Vellithingal a duet opposite Najim Arshad in debutant Sreejith Sukumaran's Malayalam film Hangover under music director Mejo Joseph. She is also a vocalist and lyricist for several Ad Films in Malayalam, Hindi and English. She has sung for a number of Christian and HinduDevotional Albums, the first one being cut, when she was aged 10.
She went on to debut as a Lyricist in Hindi with Priyadarshan's Oppam starring Mohanlal for the song Pala Naalaayi and also lent vocals for the same in 2016. She has also sung a duet Sisira Vaanil alongside Musical Maestro K. J. Yesudas for the movie Chinna Dada in the same year.
She is currently a Radio Jockey with Sargakshetra 89.6 FM, a radio station headquartered at Kottayam. She debuted as an Author through her Parapsychological ThrillerNovel titled TERRORS OF MIDNIGHT that released on Christmas 2023.
Literary Awards and Nominations
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2024
Rabindranath Tagore Literature Award 2024 by DRDC Global
Terrors of Midnight
Won
2024
Salis Mania Best Mystery and Thriller Book (Editor's Choice) 2024
