Hemang Dixit (born 11 June 1937) is a Nepalese educator, author, and consultant paediatrician. He uses the pseudonyms Mani Acharya and Mani Dixit for his written works.[1] He worked as the Dean and Professor of Children's Health of the Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine.[2] He has written various medical textbooks, novels, children's books and poems.
Dixit's novel Shatru of Kathmandu was published in October 2011. Though a work of fiction, the author used the experience of his attempted murder by extortionists as a starting point for the story.[3][4]