Kuzhali Manickavel
Kuzhali Manickavel (Tamil: குழலி மாணிக்கவேல்) is an Indian writer who writes in English. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and moved to India when she was thirteen. She currently lives in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. Her first book, Insects Are Just Like You And Me Except Some Of Them Have Wings was published by Blaft Publications in 2008. The Guardian named the book as one of the best independently published ebooks in the weird fiction genre, calling it "just very, very beautiful."[1] Manickavel's short stories have also appeared in print magazines like Shimmer Magazine, Versal literary journal, AGNI, PANK, FRiGG and Tehelka, and in anthologies such as Best American Fantasy 3 and Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
A second book, Things We Found During the Autopsy, was released on October 1, 2014.[13]
Bibliography
- Insects Are Just Like You And Me Except Some Of Them Have Wings (Blaft Publications, Chennai, 2008)
- Eating Sugar, Telling Lies (eChapbook, 2011)
- Things We Found During the Autopsy (Blaft Publications, forthcoming)
References
- ^ "The Quest for e-Weird concludes". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Short Fiction Review #26: Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy Vol. 3". Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Kuzhali Isn't Like You And Me". The Asian Age. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Questioning Miss Kuzhali Manickavel". Blaft Blog. Blaft publications. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Beetle Mania". Indian Express. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Kuzhali Manickavel - Interviewed by Sharon Lintz". Sub Tropics. Department of English, University of Florida. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Flight From Familiarity". Tehelka. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Chapter And Verse". Verve. October 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Interview with Kuzhali Manickavel". The Short Review. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Kuzhali Awesome Is the Most Fun Kind of Awesome". Sepia Mutiny. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Disturbing Dialogues: an interview with Kuzhali Manickavel". Verita LA. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Some of us have wings: a conversation with illustrious flash fictionista Kuzhali Manickavel". Chapati Mystery. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Things We Found During the Autopsy". ThirdWorldGhettoVampire. Retrieved 2 October 2014.