Annam ManthiramAnnam Manthiram is the author of the novel, After the Tsunami (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2011), and the short story collection DYSFUNCTION: STORIES (Aqueous Books, 2012), which was a finalist in the 2010 Elixir Press Fiction ontest and in Leapfrog Press' 2010 Fiction Contest. Her prize- winning short work has been published in Poets & Writers magazine, Cream City Review, Gargoyle, New Plains Review, Puerto del Sol, Monkeybicycle, and many others. A graduate of the MA Writing program at the University of Southern California and a recent Finalist in the 2012 Pen Parentis Fellowship Awards, Ms. Manthiram resides in New Mexico with her husband, Alex, and sons, Sathya and Anand. Read More Read Less