Anita Sivakumaran was born in Madras and has lived in the UK since 2004. Cold Sun is her first novel in the DI Patel detective series. She lives in Leicester with her husband, children and a dog.
Her historical novel, The Queen, based on real events, has been made into a major television series. Her second book, The Birth of Kali, retells Indian mythology from a feminist point of view.
She is passionate about tennis and growing vegetables. Black Rain, her second DI Patel novel, is set in Leicester, with her allotment featuring prominently as the setting of a murder.
Novels
Novellas and Short Stories
Akalya the Chaste (2021)
Kannagi's Anklets (2021)
Lakshmanan's Circle (2021)
Like Sisters (2021)
The Making of Avvai (2021)
Nandi's Pains (2021)
The Terrible Oath (2021)
Kannagi's Anklets (2021)
Lakshmanan's Circle (2021)
Like Sisters (2021)
The Making of Avvai (2021)
Nandi's Pains (2021)
The Terrible Oath (2021)
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