Uma Srinivasan

Uma Srinivasan writes from the land of the Wangal people in Sydney, Australia. Born in India, in the temple town of Chidambaram and raised in Mysore, she enjoyed a long and accomplished career as a Computer Scientist in both India and Australia before turning to writing full-time. Her journey into historical fiction began with the English translation of her mother’s Tamil novel, Nandinayakan: A Temple Builder, published in 2015.

In 2024, Uma co-authored the children’s book Chaos in the Gym with her granddaughter, Anika Kuber.

Etched in Gold, her first major work of fiction, was shortlisted for the 2023 Write It Fellowship by Penguin Random House Australia.