Anjum J Parveen: How Psychology and Human Behaviour Shape Her Journey as an Author and Novelist

Anjum J Parveen is an author, novelist and NLP practitioner whose writing is deeply connected with human psychology, emotions and the contradictions people carry within themselves. Growing up in a middle class family, she experienced affection and comfort alongside family difficulties. As an intensely introverted child, she preferred observation and solitude, spending much of her time imagining people, situations and stories inside her own mind.

Writing began privately through diaries, journals and notebooks. It became a language for thoughts and emotions that were difficult to express. During difficult periods in her life, writing also became connected with her desire to rise, fight and live with intention. Over time, her interest in psychology, human behaviour and storytelling grew together.

As a novelist, Anjum is drawn towards love, betrayal, family, secrets, trauma, crime, emotional dependency, childhood, self worth and psychological darkness. She is interested in characters who cannot simply be placed into categories of good or evil. Her books aim to leave readers with an emotional question that stays with them after the final page.

Her college years brought a major change in her personality. From being painfully introverted and underconfident, she began participating in events and activities. She was selected and featured in Clean and Clear Fresh Face and appeared several times in the Calcutta Times. These experiences gradually gave her the confidence to allow herself to be seen.

Her literary work includes Aera: In the Mirror of Her Own Love, Before You Say Goodbye, The Last Language of Childhood, The Subconscious Mind of a Juvenile Killer and Naila. Each book enters a different part of human experience, from self worth and suicide awareness to childhood, crime, forgiveness, identity and emotional complexity.

Anjum has completed more than 30 certifications across psychology, human behaviour and psychological disorders, along with internships involving mental institutes and psychologists. This knowledge influences the way she creates characters, asking not only what they do, but why they do it.

For Anjum, writing requires consistency, reading, research and observation. She does not wait for perfect confidence before creating. Her message to aspiring writers is simple: begin before feeling ready, write the first draft, read widely, rewrite and develop your own voice. “Your difference may be precisely where your voice begins.”