CAUVERY MADHAVAN was born and educated in India. She worked as a copywriter in her hometown of Chennai (formerly Madras). Cauvery moved to Ireland thirty-three years ago and has been in love with the country ever since. Here other books are: Paddy Indian and The Uncoupling .
She lives with her husband and three children in beautiful County Kildare.
Cauvery Madhavan will discuss her latest book, The Tainted, with author Felicity Hayes-McCoy, as well as her hopes and fears for its future as a woman of colour in an Ireland increasingly both challenged and enhanced by the complexities of multiculturalism.