b. July 26, 1971 Sri Lanka
grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, attended Miss Porter's high school
AB English, University of Chicaco 1993
moved to Bay Area 1996
attended Clarion West 1997 in SeattleMFA in writing, Mills College, May 1998
teacher at Salt Lake Community College
PhD in fiction/literature, University of Utah, December 2004
in 2001 received the Scowcroft Prize for Fiction and a Neff fellowship; in 2002 received a Steffenson-Canon fellowship
currently serves on the 2002 Tiptree Award and the 2002 Independent E-book Award juries
currently living in Chicago's Greektown
visiting professor at Roosevelt University
dissertation novel, BODIES IN MOTION (HarperCollins, July 2005)
currently writing a follow-up novel to BODIES IN MOTION, tentatively titled THE ARRANGEMENT (forthcoming HarperCollins Spring 2006)
Mary Anne Mohanraj "The Dance is in the Blood" at Monsoon Magazine
Mary Anne Mohanraj "Under the Mattress"
Mary Anne Mohanraj's Homepage on Suleka
Mary Anne Mohanraj's CD's, Morningsong and Esthely Blue
Mary Anne Mohanraj's periodical, Clean Sheets
Mary Anne Mohanraj's Bodies in Motion reviewed by Kim Hedges in the San Francisco Chronicle
Mary Anne Mohanraj profiled by Sandip Roy in the San Francisco Chronicle
Mary Anne Mohanraj's excellent and fascinating periodical, Strange Horizons
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