Rajasree Variyar

Rajasree was born in Bangalore, India, moved to Australia at the ripe age of six months, and grew up in sunny Sydney. She completed a Bachelor of Arts and Commerce double degree, with an eclectic and enjoyable mix of studies in classical archaeology, international relations, finance and Indonesian. This was followed by a degree in Psychology.

She’s been a Londoner for the last eight years, juggling a career in insurance with writing. In 2020, she completed her MA Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (hopefully her last degree). Her short stories have been long-listed for the Brick Lane Bookshop SS competition and won second prize in Shooter Literary Magazine's SS competition.

The Daughters of Madurai, her first novel, was short-listed for Hatchette UK's Mo Siewcherran prize.

Rajasree lives in London with her husband, daughter and Irish Doodle.