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SJ Sindu
Born
Sinduja Sathiyaseelan

(1987-11-27) November 27, 1987 (age 36)
Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Florida State University
Occupationnovelist

SJ Sindu (born November 27, 1987) is a Sri Lankan American novelist and short story writer.[1] Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, is to be released by Soho Press in June 2017.[2] Her work has been published in Brevity,[3] The Normal School, The Los Angeles Review of Books,[4] apt,[5] Vinyl Poetry,[6] PRISM International, VIDA,[7] Black Girl Dangerous,[8] rkvry quarterly,[9] and elsewhere. Sindu was a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow,[10] holds an MA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,[11] and is a PhD candidate at Florida State University.[12]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Marriage of a Thousand Lies. New York: Soho Press, 2017, ISBN 9781616957902

Chapbooks

  • I Once Met You But You Were Dead. Philadelphia: Split Lip Press, 2017

Awards

  • Split Lip Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest award winner for I Once Met You But You Were Dead[13]

References

  1. ^ "Interview with SJ Sindu". 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  2. ^ Goldsmith, Connor (September 28, 2016). "Cover Reveal: MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES by SJ Sindu (Soho Press 2017)". Fuse Literary. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "SR-9". Brevity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction. January 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Sanctuary: Jeanette Winterson Saved My Life". Los Angeles Review of Books. Los Angeles Review of Books. April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "I Like to Imagine Daisy from Mrs. Dalloway as an Indian Woman by SJ Sindu". apt. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. ^ "Yellow Schoolbuses". Vinyl Poetry. Yes Yes Books. March 23, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  7. ^ "Dangerous Art: Thoughts on Danticat's Immigrant Artist and the Creation Myth". VIDA Exclusives. VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. February 4, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "You Can Keep Your Bold Riley: Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation". Black Girl Dangerous. Black Girl Dangerous. September 4, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "Mirrors Like Silence". Rkvry Quarterly Journal. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  10. ^ Reese, Jenn (2013-07-08). "2013 Writers Retreat Fellows". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  11. ^ Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "SJ Sindu | Department of English | University of Nebraska–Lincoln". www.unl.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  12. ^ "Graduate Student Profiles". English Department. Florida State University. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  13. ^ "Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest Winner". Split Lip Press. Split Lip Press. June 20, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.