Madhuri Vijay

Madhuri Vijay is an Indian author living in Hawaii. She is the author of The Far Field, which won the second JCB Prize for literature, India's most prestigious literary award.

Early life Vijay was born and grew up in Bangalore, India. In 2009, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Lawrence University, where she studied psychology and English. After graduation, she received a Watson Fellowship, which took her to South Africa, Malaysia, and Tanzania while studying people from India living in foreign lands. . Vijay said she was surprised that the book was even published in India, where publishers were reluctant to take it on due to the "current climate in the country."

Personal life As of 2019, Vijay lives in Hawaii,