Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and their cavoodle puppy, Benji. She is the author of two other novels, The Barrier and Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the 2023 Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize.

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Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and their cavoodle puppy, Benji. She is the author of two other novels, The Barrier and Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the 2023 Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize.

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Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and their cavoodle puppy, Benji. She is the author of two other novels, The Barrier and Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the 2023 Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize.

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