Indu Sundaresan was born in India and grew up on Air Force bases all over the country. Her father, a fighter pilot, was also a storyteller—managing to keep his audiences captive and rapt with his flair for drama and timing. He got this from his father, Indus grandfather, whose visits were always eagerly awaited. Indus love of stories comes from both of them, from hearing their stories based on imagination and rich Hindu mythology, and from her fathers writings.

After an undergraduate degree in economics from India, Indu came to the U.S. for graduate school at the University of Delaware. But all too soon, the storytelling gene beckoned.

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