Rosalind Mendis (1903 - 1992) was a Sri Lankan novelist.[1] She is often credited as being the first Sri Lankan woman to publish a novel.[1]
Born Rosalind Jayasinghe in Hedeniya in 1903, her father was Paul Jaysainghe, a businessman and property owner. She married Tennehewa Abrham Albert Mendis when she was eighteen and the couple moved to Colombo.
Her first novel, The Tragedy of a Mystery, was published by Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd., in London in 1928.[2]
She wrote two more books, Nandhimitra: A Story of Ancient Ceylon (1952), an historical novel;[3] and My Son Lia and Other Short Stories (1975).[1]