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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	She was born and raised in India as the daughter of an [[Indian Air Force]] pilot,<ref name="bio">{{cite web\|title=Indu Sundaresan: Biography\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/bio.aspx\|website=www.indusundaresan.com\|access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref> Group Captain R. Sundaresan,<ref name="bio"/> who died in a crash while on duty. Her mother's name is Madhuram Sundaresan.<ref name="bio"/> The family then moved to [[Bangalore]], where she collected books eagerly. She then migrated to the United States for graduate studies at the [[University of Delaware]]. She has an [[Master of Science\|MS]] in operations research and an [[Master of Arts\|MA]] in economics.<ref name="bio" /> She is married and lives in [[Seattle, Washington]] with her husband and daughter.<ref name="About">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>		She was born and raised in India as the daughter of an [[Indian Air Force]] pilot,<ref name="bio">{{cite web\|title=Indu Sundaresan: Biography\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/bio.aspx\|website=www.indusundaresan.com\|access-date=19 June 2017\|archive-date=27 May 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527153220/http://indusundaresan.com/Bio.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Group Captain R. Sundaresan,<ref name="bio"/> who died in a crash while on duty. Her mother's name is Madhuram Sundaresan.<ref name="bio"/> The family then moved to [[Bangalore]], where she collected books eagerly. She then migrated to the United States for graduate studies at the [[University of Delaware]]. She has an [[Master of Science\|MS]] in operations research and an [[Master of Arts\|MA]] in economics.<ref name="bio" /> She is married and lives in [[Seattle, Washington]] with her husband and daughter.<ref name="About">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Her first novel ''The Twentieth Wife'' is about how a young widow named [[Mehrunissa]], daughter of Persian refugees and wife of an Afghan commander, becomes Empress of the Mughal Empire under the name of [[Nur Jahan]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216054038/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/02/05/stories/2003020500260400.htm "Mesmerised by the Mughal era"] ''The Hindu.''</ref>		Her first novel ''The Twentieth Wife'' is about how a young widow named [[Mehrunissa]], daughter of Persian refugees and wife of an Afghan commander, becomes Empress of the Mughal Empire under the name of [[Nur Jahan]] after marrying jahangir.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216054038/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/02/05/stories/2003020500260400.htm "Mesmerised by the Mughal era"] ''The Hindu.''</ref>

	Her second novel ''The Feast of Roses'' is the sequel to ''The Twentieth Wife'' and focuses on Nur Jahan exerting authority granted by her husband [[Jahangir]] during the sixteen years of her marriage to the emperor.		Her second novel ''The Feast of Roses'' is the sequel to ''The Twentieth Wife'' and focuses on Nur Jahan exerting authority granted by her husband [[Jahangir]] during the sixteen years of her marriage to the emperor.
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	She is also the author of ''The Splendor of Silence'', historical fiction set in a fictional Indian princely state just before Indian independence in 1947. Her work has been translated into some 23 languages worldwide.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About \|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>		She is also the author of ''The Splendor of Silence'', historical fiction set in a fictional Indian princely state just before Indian independence in 1947. Her work has been translated into some 23 languages worldwide.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About \|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

	Her short fiction has appeared in The Vincent Brothers Review and on iVillage.com.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~June 2017~~}}		Her short fiction has appeared in The Vincent Brothers Review and on iVillage.com.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Vincent Brothers Review Issue #19—Home \|url=https://thevincentbrothersreview.com/product/the-vincent-brothers-review-issue-19-home/ \|access-date=2023-06-19 \|website=The Vincent Brothers Review Literary Magazine \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Awards==		==Awards==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906123221/http://www.powells.com/essays/sundaresan.html \|date=September 6, 2015 \|title=A Reader and Writer Be }}, essay by the author<!-- goes back to https://web.archive.org/web/20030605012603/http://powells.com/fromtheauthor/sundaresan.html -->		* {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906123221/http://www.powells.com/essays/sundaresan.html \|date=September 6, 2015 \|title=A Reader and Writer Be }}, essay by the author<!-- goes back to https://web.archive.org/web/20030605012603/http://powells.com/fromtheauthor/sundaresan.html -->
	* [http://calitreview.com/topics/india/83/ "An Interview with Novelist Indu Sundaresan"] ''California Literary Review'', 3 April 2007.		* [http://calitreview.com/topics/india/83/ "An Interview with Novelist Indu Sundaresan"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507011137/http://calitreview.com/topics/india/83/ \|date=2008-05-07 }} ''California Literary Review'', 3 April 2007.

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	\| nationality = American <ref>[http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/ "She lives in Seattle, Washington"] ''Indu Sundaresan's website''.</ref>		\| nationality = American <ref>[http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/ "She lives in Seattle, Washington"] ''Indu Sundaresan's website''.</ref>
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	She was born and raised in India as the daughter of an [[Indian Air Force]] pilot,<ref name="bio">{{cite web\|title=Indu Sundaresan: Biography\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/bio.aspx\|website=www.indusundaresan.com\|~~accessdate~~=19 June 2017}}</ref> Group Captain R. Sundaresan,<ref name="bio"/> who died in a crash while on duty. Her mother's name is Madhuram Sundaresan.<ref name="bio"/> The family then moved to [[Bangalore]], where she collected books eagerly. She then migrated to the United States for graduate studies at the [[University of Delaware]]. She has an [[Master of Science\|MS]] in operations research and an [[Master of Arts\|MA]] in economics.<ref name="bio" /> She is married and lives in [[Seattle, Washington]] with her husband and daughter.<ref name="About">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>		She was born and raised in India as the daughter of an [[Indian Air Force]] pilot,<ref name="bio">{{cite web\|title=Indu Sundaresan: Biography\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/bio.aspx\|website=www.indusundaresan.com\|access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref> Group Captain R. Sundaresan,<ref name="bio"/> who died in a crash while on duty. Her mother's name is Madhuram Sundaresan.<ref name="bio"/> The family then moved to [[Bangalore]], where she collected books eagerly. She then migrated to the United States for graduate studies at the [[University of Delaware]]. She has an [[Master of Science\|MS]] in operations research and an [[Master of Arts\|MA]] in economics.<ref name="bio" /> She is married and lives in [[Seattle, Washington]] with her husband and daughter.<ref name="About">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Her first novel ''The Twentieth Wife'' is about how a young widow named [[Mehrunissa]], daughter of Persian refugees and wife of an Afghan commander, becomes Empress of the Mughal Empire under the name of [[Nur Jahan]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216054038/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/02/05/stories/2003020500260400.htm "Mesmerised by the Mughal era"] ''The Hindu.''</ref> Her second novel ''The Feast of Roses'' is the sequel to ''The Twentieth Wife''. She is also the author of ''The Splendor of Silence'', historical fiction set in a fictional Indian princely state just before Indian independence in 1947. Her work has been translated into some 23 languages worldwide.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About \|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>		Her first novel ''The Twentieth Wife'' is about how a young widow named [[Mehrunissa]], daughter of Persian refugees and wife of an Afghan commander, becomes Empress of the Mughal Empire under the name of [[Nur Jahan]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216054038/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/02/05/stories/2003020500260400.htm "Mesmerised by the Mughal era"] ''The Hindu.''</ref>

			Her second novel ''The Feast of Roses'' is the sequel to ''The Twentieth Wife'' and focuses on Nur Jahan exerting authority granted by her husband [[Jahangir]] during the sixteen years of her marriage to the emperor.

			''Shadow Princess'' is the third novel in the Taj trilogy set after the succession of [[Shahjahan]] (Prince Khurram) whose chief queen [[Mumtaz Mahal]] dies in childbirth and then their daughter, [[Jahanara Begum\|Jahanara]] takes centre stage in the politics of the court.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/books/Entranced-by-the-past/article15451034.ece "Entranced by the past"] ''The Hindu''</ref>

			She is also the author of ''The Splendor of Silence'', historical fiction set in a fictional Indian princely state just before Indian independence in 1947. Her work has been translated into some 23 languages worldwide.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indusundaresan.com/about/\|title=About \|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

	Her short fiction has appeared in The Vincent Brothers Review and on iVillage.com.{{citation needed\|date=June 2017}}		Her short fiction has appeared in The Vincent Brothers Review and on iVillage.com.{{citation needed\|date=June 2017}}
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{{Short description|Indian-American historical fiction writer}}
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'''Indu Sundaresan''' is an [[India|Indian-American]] author of historical fiction.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/do-you-know-what-we-read-last-year/article4253261.ece "Do you know what we read last year?"] ''The Hindu''.</ref>

==Personal life==
She was born and raised in India as the daughter of an [[Indian Air Force]] pilot,<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Indu Sundaresan: Biography|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/bio.aspx|website=www.indusundaresan.com|accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> Group Captain R. Sundaresan,<ref name="bio"/> who died in a crash while on duty. Her mother's name is Madhuram Sundaresan.<ref name="bio"/> The family then moved to [[Bangalore]], where she collected books eagerly. She then migrated to the United States for graduate studies at the [[University of Delaware]]. She has an [[Master of Science|MS]] in operations research and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in economics.<ref name="bio" /> She is married and lives in [[Seattle, Washington]] with her husband and daughter.<ref name="About">{{Cite web|url=http://www.indusundaresan.com/about/|title=About|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>

==Career==
Her first novel ''The Twentieth Wife'' is about how a young widow named [[Mehrunissa]], daughter of Persian refugees and wife of an Afghan commander, becomes Empress of the Mughal Empire under the name of [[Nur Jahan]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216054038/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/02/05/stories/2003020500260400.htm "Mesmerised by the Mughal era"] ''The Hindu.''</ref> Her second novel ''The Feast of Roses'' is the sequel to ''The Twentieth Wife''. She is also the author of ''The Splendor of Silence'', historical fiction set in a fictional Indian princely state just before Indian independence in 1947. Her work has been translated into some 23 languages worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indusundaresan.com/about/|title=About |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

Her short fiction has appeared in The Vincent Brothers Review and on iVillage.com.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

==Awards==
* [[Washington State Book Award]] for ''The Twentieth Wife'' in 2003.<ref name="About"/>
* Light of India award for Excellence in Literature<ref name="indusundaresan">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.indusundaresan.com/about/ |website=indusundaresan.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-18}}</ref>

== Works ==
;Taj Mahal trilogy
* ''Twentieth Wife'' (2002)
* ''The Feast of Roses'' (2003)
* ''Shadow Princess'' (2010)

; Other
* ''The Splendour of Silence'' (2006)
* ''In the Convent of Little Flowers'' (2008)
* ''The Mountain of Light'' (2013)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906123221/http://www.powells.com/essays/sundaresan.html |date=September 6, 2015 |title=A Reader and Writer Be }}, essay by the author
* [http://calitreview.com/topics/india/83/ "An Interview with Novelist Indu Sundaresan"] ''California Literary Review'', 3 April 2007.

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