santeshivara lingannaiah bhyrappa (kannada: ಸಂತೇಶಿವರ ಲಿಂಗಣ್ಣಯ್ಯ ಭೈರಪ್ಪ) (born 20 august 1934) is an indian novelist. he was born in karnataka, india. he has been among the top selling authors of kannada language. he was awarded the padma shri in 2016.