Ishtiaq Ahmad (fiction writer)

Ishtiaq Ahmad (or Ishtiaq Ahmed or اﺸﺘﻴﺎﻖ اﺤﻤﺩ in Urdu) is primarily a fiction writer from Lahore, Pakistan (originally from Jhang, Pakistan), famous for his spy, detective novels in the Urdu language, and is the author of the highest number of novels (his 773rd novel is published by Atlantis Publications in April 2011) by any author in any language throughout the world.^{[citation needed]} He started by writing short stories for children and then wrote his first novel in 1973. He was at his peak of popularity in the '70s to '90s due to his Inspector Jamshed series, Inspector Kamran Mirza series, and Shoki series. As of 2011 he is an editor of the magazine, Bachon ka islam and writing novels for Atlantis Publications, Karachi.
Ahmad has authored hundreds of suspense thriller novels in Urdu for children and include characters such as Inspector Jamshed, Inspector Kamran Mirza as well as the Shoki brothers.