A prolific writer in English and Kannada, Sudha Murty has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non- fictional pieces, and books for children. She was born on 19 August 1950 at Shiggaon in Karnataka.
Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages.
Murty was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006, and the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.
Murty is a notable philanthropist working as the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and a member of public healthcare initiatives of the Gates Foundation.
Her vision of a library for each school has resulted in the setting up of 50,000 libraries so far.
A list of 21 of the best Sudha Murty Books out of the many written by her:-
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