Kaye Mm

East Indian writer and painter, made successful career of writing childrens books, historical novels and mysteries. Born in India and educated in England, she returned to India to marry an army officer, Godfrey John Hamilton and they had one daughter. She worked for 14 years on her best selling novel, "Far Pavilions," a story of life in colonial India that was published in 1979. Her great affection and understanding of India made the book comparable to Gone With the Wind for historical sweep and color. Kaye wrote under various pseudonyms, as Mollie Hamilton, and for her childrens books, as Mollie Kaye. She died on January 29, 2004 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less