Saanika S is a writer and mass communication student whose work explores emotional endurance, identity, and the quiet ways people learn to survive in the world. She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, where her academic interests lie in media, storytelling, cultural narratives, and the ways language shapes how people understand themselves and others. Her background in communication studies informs her writing, particularly her focus on observation, nuance, and the unspoken dynamics of everyday life.A lifelong reader and coffee enthusiast, Saanika has always been drawn to introspective, character-driven literature that lingers rather than instructs. She is especially interested in stories that sit at the intersection of psychology, symbolism, and emotional realism, where meaning is suggested rather than explained. This approach is central to her debut work, The Museum of Misunderstood Creatures, which reflects her fascination with metaphor as a way to give form to feelings that are often dismissed, minimized, or left unnamed.Outside of writing, Saanika enjoys watching comfort shows, collecting moments of stillness, and scrolling through dog reels during breaks that are meant to be short and rarely are. These ordinary habits, she believes, are as important to creative life as discipline, offering small pockets of rest in a world that often demands constant productivity. Much of her work is shaped by this balance between reflection and routine, between the inner life and the expectations of the external world.The Museum of Misunderstood Creatures marks her debut as a fiction writer and represents her interest in exploring emotional experiences through allegorical and lyrical forms. Rather than offering solutions or conclusions, her writing seeks to create spaces of recognition, where readers may see aspects of themselves reflected without judgment. The book is written in the hope of naming what is often quietly endured and misunderstood, and of honoring the patience it takes to carry certain parts of oneself through life.Saanika hopes that her work resonates with readers who find comfort in subtlety and meaning in restraint. She writes for those who have learned to adapt, to soften, to endure, and who may be searching for language that recognizes those experiences without asking them to be resolved. Through her writing, she aims to continue exploring stories that value gentleness, awareness, and emotional honesty, especially in places where they are least expected.