Harini Nagendra is a professor of ecology at Azim Premji University, and a well-known public speaker and writer on issues of nature and sustainability. She is internationally recognized for her scholarship on sustainability, with honors that include the 2009 Cozzarelli Prize from the US National Academy of Sciences, the 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award, and the 2017 Clarivate Web of Science award for interdisciplinary research in India.
Her non-fiction books include Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future, and two books co-authored with Seema Mundoli – So Many Leaves, and Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities, which received the 2020 Publishing Next Awards for best English non-fiction book in India, and was featured on the 2021 Green Literature Festival’s honor list. The Bangalore Detectives Club is her first crime fiction novel.
Harini lives in Bangalore with her family, in a home filled with maps. She loves trees, mysteries, and traditional recipes.
Genres: Cozy Mystery
New and upcoming books
Series
Kaveri and Ramu Mystery
1. The Bangalore Detectives Club (2022)
2. Murder Under a Red Moon (2023)
3. A Nest of Vipers (2024)
4. Into the Leopard's Den (2025)
1. The Bangalore Detectives Club (2022)
2. Murder Under a Red Moon (2023)
3. A Nest of Vipers (2024)
4. Into the Leopard's Den (2025)
Non fiction show
Award nominations
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Harini Nagendra recommends
Glory Be (2023)
(Glory Broussard Mystery, book 1)
Danielle Arceneaux
"Glory Be is a hilarious and thrill-filled ride through the bayous of small-town Louisiana and is filled with rich descriptions of place and superb characterization. Glory Broussard grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go. I can't wait to find out what Glory and her daughter Delphine will get up to in their next set of adventures."
Unladylike Lessons in Love (2023)
(Marleigh Sisters, book 1)
Amita Murray
"A superbly crafted historical novel, and a romance that doubles up as a mystery, with a delicious Indian twist--what's not to love? Amita Murray's brilliant take on a traditional Regency romance is smoking hot--and heartbreakingly realistic about the racial and class divide that dominated 18th century English society. I can't wait to read the next book."
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