Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Shilpi Somaya Gowda is The New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of four novels: Secret Daughter, The Golden Son, The Shape of Family, and A Great Country. Her novels have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Born in Toronto, she spent a college summer volunteering at an Indian orphanage, which seeded the idea for her first novel, Secret Daughter, an IndieNext Great Read, Target Book Club Pick, Indigo Heather’s Pick, and Amnesty International Book Club Pick. It was a finalist for the South African Boeke Literary Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The Golden Son was a Target Book Club Pick, a Costco Buyers’ Pick, and was awarded the Prix des Lycéens Folio literary prize. The Shape of Family was an international and American bestseller. A Great Country received a Publishers Weekly starred review and was named a top book pick by over 25 publications, including Amazon, Indigo, Costco, Goodreads, Elle, Cosmo, Conde Nast, Readers’ Digest, and Goodreads. It debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Fiction bestseller list.