Cauvery Madhavan

Born in India, Cauvery Madhavan moved to Ireland 38 years ago and has been in love with the country ever since. Her books Paddy Indian and The Uncoupling were published to critical acclaim. Her novel The Tainted was chosen by Laureate Sebastian Barry for his Laureate Picks 2020. It was one of An Post Irish Book Awards’ Top Summer Reads. The book was chosen by The Times for their list of top 40 Historical Fiction novels and won the runner-up prize for the SAHR Prize for Military Fiction. Cauvery was a proud Ambassador for the Play It Forward Fellowship and served as a judge for the Irish Novel Fair 2022. She has written for The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, Evening Herald and Sunday Tribune. A very keen golfer and cook, she has three children and lives with her husband in County Kildare and spends much of the year in Glengarriff, West Cork. Her latest novel The Inheritance was published by HopeRoad in September 2024.