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Sujata Massey

Sujata Massey (born March 4, 1964) is an American mystery author and historical fiction novelist. Her books are published in English in the US and Canada, the United Kingdom and India, and Australia/New Zealand. Massey’s novels are also available in different languages and formats in Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain and Thailand.

The author’s debut novel, ''The Salaryman’s Wife'', won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel in 1997. In 2000, her novel ''The Flower Master'' won the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel. In 2019, her first Perveen Mistry novel, ''The Widows of Malabar Hill,'' won the Mary Higgins Clark Award, as well the Left Coast Crime Convention’s Bruce Alexander Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery, the Macavity's Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery, and the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. It was selected as ''Publishers Weekly'''s Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2018 and was also an Amazon Best Book of 2018.

In 2020, ''The Widows of Malabar Hill'' was optioned for development as a television series by the Village Road Show Entertainment Group.

The second Perveen Mistry novel, ''The Satapur Moonstone,'' won a Bruce Alexander Memorial Award and was also a finalist for both the Sue Grafton Memorial Award and the Harper Lee Legal Fiction Prize. Provided by Wikipedia