Murty Sudha

SUDHA MURTY was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science. A philanthropist, a teacher and an author, she is the chairperson of the Murty Trust. She is also a member of the Rajya Sabha, nominated by the President of India. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fictional pieces and several bestselling titles for children. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages. Sudha Murty is the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature. She received the Padma Shri in 2006, the Attimabbe Award from the Government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Crossword Book Awards and the Padma Bhushan in 2023. In 2026, she released her fifty-first book, Tides of Time: Bharat’s History Through Murals in Parliament, published by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. She has also received more than twenty honorary doctorates. She weaves magical tales and especially enjoys writing for young readers. A generation of children has grown up reading her books, and her stories have been included in textbooks across schools in India. To read more about her books, please visit www.sudhamurty.in.