Rajasree Variyar

Rajasree Variyar grew up in Australia and now lives in London, where she juggles writing alongside a career in insurance product development. She received her MA in Creative Writing from the University of University of East Anglia.

Her manuscript of A Song For The Lost Daughters (then called The Wanted Girl) was shortlisted for the 2019 Mo Siewcharran Hatchette UK prize. Her short stories have won second prize in the Shooter Literary Magazine short story competition and been long-listed for the Brick Lane Bookshop short story competition.

The Daughters of Madurai is her debut novel and was published by Orion in the UK in April 2023.