6 Exceptional Indian Women Writers

Kiran Desai
The Indian author, Kiran Desai is one of the most celebrated authors in the country, since her novel ‘The Inheritance of Loss’ won the 2006 Man Booker Prize. The novel was also awarded the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. Even though she is a citizen of India, Kiran is a permanent resident of the United States. Writing does come naturally to Kiran, being the daughter of the noted writer Anita Desai. The Inheritance of Loss is Kiran’s second book. Her first book ‘Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard,’ a novel, published in 1998 has received many praises from distinguished figures like Salman Rushdie. The first book won the Betty Trask Award, a prize awarded by the Society of Authors for new novels by citizens under the age of 35 of the Commonwealth Nations.
Her second book has received praises from critics throughout the United States, Europe and Asia and attracted a large number of audiences around the world.

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