Shilpi Gowda
Gowda was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. In college, she spent a summer as a volunteer in an Indian orphanage, which seeded the idea for her first novel, "Secret Daughter,” published in 2010. It became an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide in over 30 languages. Her second novel, "The Golden Son", was published in 2016 and is a Target Book Club Pick.