Sharanya Manivannan’s first book of poems, Witchcraft, was published in 2008. She is currently working on two collections of poetry (Cadaver Exquisito and Bulletproof Offering), a collection of short fiction (Always the Bond Girl) and a novel (Constellation of Scars). Between 2008 and 2011, she wrote a personal column, “The Venus Flytrap”, for The New Indian Express. She was the recipient of the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008-2009 from Sangam House International Writers’ Residency, Pondicherry. Her poem, “I Will Come Bearing Mangoes” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2011. She was a finalist for the 2009 Srinivas Rayaprol Prize in Poetry and the 2010 and 2011 Toto Funds the Arts Awards in Creative Writing. Noted in particular for her unusual charisma on stage, Sharanya has done readings extensively since 2001, at venues as diverse as small indie cafes, an abandoned pier, a cemetery and the Borobudur Temple. Born in Madras in 1985, she grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia, and has lived in India since 2007.
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