Cauvery Madhavan

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 last 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 an Ambassador for the Play It Forward Fellowship and served as a judge for the Irish Novel Fair 2022. Her new book, The Inheritance, has been widely hailed as a sumptous, moving evocation of landscape, history and the human spirit.