ANIL MENON
Anil Menon’s most recent work, Half of What I Say, was shortlisted for the 2016 Hindu Literary Award. Along with Vandana Singh, he co-edited Breaking the Bow, an international anthology of speculative fiction inspired by the Ramayana. His debut novel, The Beast With Nine Billion Feet, was shortlisted for the 2010 Vodafone Crossword Book Award for Children’s Literature and the 2010 Carl Baxter Society’s Parallax Prize. His short fiction has appeared in a variety of international magazines, including Albedo One, Interzone, Interfictions, Jaggery Lit, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and Strange Horizons. His stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages, including Hebrew, Igbo, and Romanian. In 2016, he helped found the annual Dum Pukht Writers’ Workshop at the Adishakti Complex in Pondicherry. He splits his time between India and the USA.