Annam Manthiram is the author of the novel, After the Tsunami (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2011), and a short story collection (Dysfunction: Stories, forthcoming from Aqueous Books, 2012), which was a Finalist in the 2010 Elixir Press Fiction Contest and in Leapfrog Press’ 2010 Fiction Contest. A graduate of the M.A. Writing program at the University of Southern California, Ms. Manthiram resides in New Mexico with her husband, Alex, and son, Sathya. www.annammanthiram.com
