Amarendra Chakravorty is the author of a number of award winning books, some of which have been translated in all major Indian languages and also English, Mongolian, Japanese and Georgian. He has authored thirty-five books in the Bengali language, majority of which are for children. He has also compiled and edited ten travel books.
His writings cover a wide range – poems, short stories, travelogues and varied journalistic pieces.
In 1983 he founded Swarnakshar Prakasani Private Limited, a publishing house involved in both print and electronic media. He has conceptualised and edited several pioneer magazines on career, travel and literature.