Author

Shilpi Somaya Gowda

5 books, mostly historical fiction, for Mariner Books and HarperCollins Publishers, 2011–2024

Shilpi Somaya Gowda is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning Canadian author of four novels: Secret Daughter (2010), The Golden Son (2015), The Shape of Family (2020), and A Great Country (2024). Her fiction has been translated into more than 30 languages and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Born and raised in Toronto, she draws on Indian and Indian-American experiences, family relationships, immigration, identity, and cultural belonging in her work.