Brinda Charry
I was born and raised in India, but moved to the United States for graduate school and have lived here for over two decades now. I have always moved between creative writing and academic work and, at this point in my writing career, I consider myself a novelist-turned-academic-returned-novelist.
Creative Writing
I have published three novels, the most recent being The East Indian (2023), and a collection of short fiction in India. Several shorter pieces (mostly fiction) have been published in journals and newspapers around the world. My short fiction has also been broadcast on BBC Radio and Commonwealth Radio. My work has received several awards and prizes.
The East Indian is a historical novel set in the 1630s colonial Virginia. It was published by Scribner, USA and Scribner, Canada, Scribe UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Harper Collins, India in 2023. It tells the story of the “Tony,” who might be the first person of South Asian descent to come to North America
Academic Work
I earned my doctorate in English Literature from Syracuse University, NY. I specialize in English Renaissance Literature, notably the works of Shakespeare, and am particularly interested in the early modern histories of race, globalization, and cross-cultural engagement as manifested in literary works. I have written books and articles on those topics and on other aspects of Renaissance literature.