
Sujata Massey is the author of historical and mystery fiction set in Asia. She is best known for the Perveen Mistry series published in the United States by Soho Press and in India by Penguin Random House India. In June, 2021, THE BOMBAY PRINCE, third book in the series, releases in the US/Canada and Australia/New Zealand; it will be published by Penguin India later the same month. THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL, the first Perveen novel, was named a Best Mystery/Thriller of 2018 and also an Amazon Best Mystery/Thriller of 2018. Additionally, the book won the Bruce Alexander Best Historical Mystery Award, the Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery and the Mary Higgins Clark Award, all in 2019. The second Perveen novel, THE SATAPUR MOONSTONE, won the Bruce Alexander Best Historical Mystery Award in 2020. Sujata's other works include THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY (2013) and eleven Rei Shimura mysteries published from 1997-2014. For more about Sujata's books and a full events schedule, subscribe to her newsletter, http://sujatamassey.com/newsletter Sujata lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her family and two dogs. In addition to writing, she loves to travel, read, cook, garden and walk.
Series
Books

The Convenience Boy Short Story
2011

The Flower Master
1999

Shimura Trouble
2008

Girl in a Box
2006

Junior High Samurai Short Story
A Rei Shimura Short
2011

The Bombay Prince
2021

The Pearl Diver
2004

The Sleeping Dictionary
2013

Zen Attitude
1998

The Samurai's Daughter
2003

The Star from Calcutta
2026

The Salaryman's Wife
1997

The Typhoon Lover
2005

The Bride's Kimono
2001

The Satapur Moonstone
2019

The Usual Santas
A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
2016

The Floating Girl
2000

The Kizuna Coast
2014

The Deepest Blue
2011

The Mistress of Bhatia House
2023

The Widows of Malabar Hill
2018