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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. Sundaresan’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, Sundaresan came to the U.S. for graduate school at the University of Delaware and has an MS in operations research and an MA in... Read full bio

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Shadow Princess
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Shadow Princess A Novel By: Indu Sundaresan
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: March 23, 2010
Critically acclaimed author Indu Sundaresan picks up where she left off in The Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses, returning to seventeenth-century India as two princesses struggle for supremacy of their father’s...
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In the Convent of Little Flowers
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In the Convent of Little Flowers Stories By: Indu Sundaresan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publication date: September 15, 2009
Now in paperback, internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan presents a poignant collection of contemporary short stories about the challenges and consequences faced by women in Indian life today.Like Jhumpa Lahiri's...
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The Splendor of Silence
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The Splendor of Silence A Novel By: Indu Sundaresan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: September 18, 2007
When Sam Hawthorne, a twenty-five-year-old U.S. Army captain, arrives at the princely state of Rudrakot in May of 1942, it is on a personal quest to find his missing brother. But Sam's mission is soon threatened by the...
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The Feast of Roses
The Feast of Roses A Novel By: Indu Sundaresan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: May 18, 2004
The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The Twentieth Wife, continues in Indu Sundaresan's lush second novel, The Feast of Roses. Here, Mehrunnisa comes into Jahangir's...
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The Twentieth Wife
The Twentieth Wife A Novel By: Indu Sundaresan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: February 18, 2003
An enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India's most controversial empresses -- a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles,...
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