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Indu Sundaresan was born in India and grew up on Air Force bases all over the country. Her father, a fighter pilot, was also a storyteller—managing to keep his audiences captive and rapt with his flair for drama and timing. He got this from his father, Indu's grandfather, whose visits were always eagerly awaited. Indu's love of stories comes from both of them, from hearing their stories based on imagination and rich Hindu mythology, and from her father's writings.

After an undergraduate degree in economics from India, Indu came to the U.S. for graduate school at the University of Delaware. But all too soon, the storytelling gene beckoned.



This next giveaway is for 1st US edition hardcovers of THE SPLENDOR OF SILENCE. I'm giving away three copies.

Giveaway ends March 15th, 2013. Details on how to enter, etc, on my FB page, please check the March 1st wall post or the NOTES tab on the page.

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I'll be giving away, next and in this order, 1st US edition hardcovers of SHADOW PRINCESS, THE FEAST OF R... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.96 · 9,127 ratings · 1,225 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
The Twentieth Wife
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 5,034 ratings — published 2002 — 31 editions
The Feast of Roses
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 2,403 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions
The Splendor of Silence
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 755 ratings — published 2006 — 25 editions
Shadow Princess
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions
In the Convent of Little Fl...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
The Taj Trilogy
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
Feast of Roses
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007
The Mountain of Light: A Novel
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013
The Mountain of Light: A Novel
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013
Hotel Angeline: A Novel in ...
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3.15 of 5 stars 3.15 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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date: September 17, 2011 01:45PM
location: Atlanta Writers Club Meeting, Georgia Perimeter College, 2101 Womack Road, Building N-C, Auditorium C-1100, Dunwoody, GA, The United States
description: Internationally bestselling author, Indu Sundaresan, will speak on the background and research for her historical novels, especially the Taj Mahal trilogy novels, (The Twentieth Wife; The Feast of Roses; Shadow Princess) based in India in the 17th Century.

Indu will talk of her sources—what is fact, what fiction, and what gossip in the bazaars—and show slides of the existing tombs, monuments and palaces of Mughal India which have inspired and influenced her work.

More of Indu's books…
“No, no, don’t touch your mother just before the baby is born. Now it will be a girl child, because you are one. Run along now. Take your evil eye with you.”

“Ghias, we must be careful not to teach the girls too much. How will they ever find husbands if they are too learned? The less they know, the less they will want of the outside world.”
Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife

“Jei įžeidžiau jus, Jūsų Šviesybe, vadinasi, nusipelnėte kiekvieno priekaišto.”
Indu Sundaresan, Shadow Princess

“But nothing could be held true for the rest of one's life, every coveted thing in the end was maya, illusion, a myth, and this the great sages of India had always understood --- little was real. We were put on this earth transitorily; we deposited our genes in offspring; deluded ourselves that we would be missed when we were gone; pretended that money, wealth, titles, and land were to be desired. But every such thing was ephemeral, prone to change. The only reason to live was love.”
Indu Sundaresan, The Splendor of Silence

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