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Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband and four children. She is the author of Song of the Sun God, The Barrier, Safe Haven, Unfinished Business and Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
‘And here, with adventure, crime, mystery, romance - entertainment-Shankari Chandran is slyly involving us in a story that will make us feel, maybe inform us and if we're lucky, able to return to the outside world with wider understanding.’ * Sydney Morning Herald * ‘Anyone who read Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens will already know that Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran is an expert at sketching communities of people whose dependency on one another is matched by their care for each other. Chandran's new novel, Safe Haven, has it all: a group of refugees only too aware of the fragility of their position; bonds of love and trust; a mysterious death; and similarly beautiful storytelling to her prize-winning book.’ * Qantas Magazine * ‘Safe Haven is an important...and excoriating account of a shameful period of Australian history, told in a generous life-affirming voice that imagines a more humane future.’ * The Conversation * ‘Stories like this have the power to create and hold space where shame and hope can coexist.’ * The Guardian *
