Sharanya Manivannan

Sharanya Manivannan is the author of seven books. She writes and illustrates fiction, poetry, children’s literature and non-fiction. She received a South Asia Laadli Award for The High Priestess Never Marries, and her books have been nominated for The Hindu Prize, The JCB Prize, The Neev Book Award, The Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize, The Tata Literature Live! First Book Award and other honours. Sharanya grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia and has lived in India since 2007.