Meira Chand is of Indian and
Swiss parentage and was born and educated in
London. In 1962 she went to live in Japan
and, except for a break of five years in
India, remained there until 1997 when she
moved to Singapore where she now
currently lives. She is the author of seven
highly praised novels whose themes
examine not only the conflict of cultures
but the position of the outsider. Five of
her novels, The Gossamer Fly, Last
Quadrant, The Bonsai Tree, The Painted
Cage and A Choice of Evils are all set in
Japan. House of the Sun was set in India
as is her new book, The Goddess of
Perilous Passage, to be published at the
end of next year. House of the Sun was
adapted for the stage in London and voted
Critic's Choice. It was the first all Asian
play with an all Asian cast to be
performed there.
Meira Chand was a judge for the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize.