Nadia Bulkin Explained

Nadia Bulkin
Birth Date:4 August 1987
Birth Place:Jakarta, Indonesia
Genre:horror, weird fiction

Nadia Bulkin is an Indonesian-American political scientist and author of short stories, largely in the horror genre.

Biography

Bulkin was born in Indonesia to a Muslim father and Christian mother. Her parents decided to leave Indonesia soon after the death of Suharto.[1] She moved to Nebraska with her family when she was 11.[2]

She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College with a degree in political science before earning her master's at American University's School of International Service.[3]

Bulkin currently works as a consultant in Washington, D.C. She is a senior associate at The Asia Group, a strategy and capital advisory group.

Short stories by Bulkin have been published in ChiZine, Strange Horizons, Three-lobed Burning Eye, and the Simon Strantzas-edited anthology Aickman's Heirs.

Awards and recognition

In 2018, she was nominated in the Shirley Jackson Awards for both short fiction ("Live Through This") and Single-Author Collection (She Said Destroy, Word Horde, 2017).[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Davis . David; Burke, Christopher . Psychic Rituals and Political Machinations: An Interview with Nadia Bulkin . Weird Fiction Review . October 6, 2017 . December 5, 2018.
  2. News: More Women Are Leaving Behind Religious Identities For Something More Spiritual . . February 20, 2015.
  3. News: Sambhi . Natalie . Sea Control 116 – Indonesia, a History of Violence and Horror Fiction . . April 25, 2016 . December 5, 2018.
  4. News: 2017 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees . . May 10, 2018 . December 5, 2018.