Payyanat Ravindra Nathan better known by his pen name P.R.Nathan is a novelist, screenplay writer, dramatist, actor, short story writer, travalogue writer and speaker from Kerala, India. He is knowledgeable about Malayalam literature, Hindu epics, and Puranas. His book Vaayikenda oru Pusthakam was selected for the Sri Padmanabha Swamy Bala Sahithya Award instituted by the Gramam Samskarika Vedi. He was born in Kizhayoor, a small village in Pattambi.