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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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| known_for = The Taj | | known_for = ''The Taj Trilogy'' | ||
| occupation = Writer | | occupation = Writer | ||
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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| | 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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