S. J. Sindu Explained

SJ Sindu
Birth Name:Sinduja Sathiyaseelan
Birth Date:27 November 1987
Birth Place:Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Nationality:American
Occupation:Novelist
Spouse:Geoff Bouvier

SJ Sindu (born November 27, 1987) is a genderqueer[1] Sri Lankan American novelist and short story writer.[2] Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, was released by Soho Press in June 2017,[3] won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction,[4] and was named an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book.[5] Her second novel, Blue-Skinned Gods,[6] was released on November 17, 2021, also by Soho Press. Her second chapbook Dominant Genes, which won the 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition, was released in February 2022 by Black Lawrence Press. Her middle-grade fantasy graphic novel, Shakti, was published in 2023 by HarperCollins. Her work has been published in Brevity, The Normal School, The Los Angeles Review of Books, apt, Vinyl Poetry, PRISM International, VIDA, Black Girl Dangerous, rkvry quarterly, and elsewhere. Sindu was a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow,[7] holds an MA from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln,[8] and a PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University.[9] She currently teaches Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University.[10]

Bibliography

Novels

Short Story Collections

Graphic Novels

Chapbooks

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-07-28 . An Author’s Note from SJ Sindu . 2023-04-12 . Soho Press . en-US . 2023-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230412183218/https://sohopress.com/an-authors-note-from-sj-sindu/ . live .
  2. News: Author SJ Sindu explores the closet in 'Marriage of a Thousand Lies'. NBC News. 2017-11-01. en. 2017-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030535/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/author-sj-sindu-explores-closet-marriage-thousand-lies-n763841. live.
  3. News: 'Marriage of a Thousand Lies' by SJ Sindu. Punch. Allison. 2017-08-15. Lambda Literary. 2017-11-01. en-US. 2017-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021806/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/14/marriage-of-a-thousand-lies-by-sj-sindu/. live.
  4. Web site: Publishing Triangle. www.publishingtriangle.org. 2018-04-27. 2019-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323191422/http://www.publishingtriangle.org/awards.asp. live.
  5. News: 2018 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced. Bjarnagin. 2018-02-13. News and Press Center. 2018-02-14. en. 2018-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083739/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/02/2018-stonewall-book-awards-announced-literature-nonfiction. live.
  6. Web site: Blue-Skinned Gods. Sinduja. Sathiyaseelan. SJ Sindu. 15 February 2023. 6 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206135202/http://sjsindu.com/bsg/. live.
  7. Web site: 2013 Writers Retreat Fellows. Reese. Jenn. 2013-07-08. en-US. 2016-10-03. 2016-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005090643/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/2013-writers-retreat-fellows/. live.
  8. News: UNL alumna SJ Sindu highlights queer South Asian women in their writing. Chacon. Miren. The Daily Nebraskan. 2017-11-01. en. 2017-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012103718/http://www.dailynebraskan.com/arts_and_entertainment/unl-alumna-sj-sindu-highlights-queer-south-asian-women-in/article_768e9da8-aee0-11e7-89ee-4bc142ba55c5.html. live.
  9. Web site: Graduate Student Profiles. English Department. Florida State University. October 2, 2016. September 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927182614/http://english.fsu.edu/crw/student_profiles.html. live.
  10. Web site: SJ Sindu, Ph.D. — College of Humanities and Sciences . 2024-01-20 . chs.vcu.edu . en.
  11. News: 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced. Boureau. Ella. 2018-03-06. Lambda Literary. 2018-04-15. en-US. 2018-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180310073257/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/lambda-literary-award-finalists/. live.
  12. Web site: 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards General Results. Independent Publisher - feature. 2018-04-15. 2019-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190519092704/http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=2302. live.
  13. Web site: Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest Winner. June 20, 2016. Split Lip Press. Split Lip Press. October 2, 2016. October 14, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161014084643/https://splitlippress.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/turnbuckle-chapbook-contest-winner/. live.
  14. Web site: BLP. 2021-08-17. Dominant Genes. 2022-01-06. BLP. en-US. 2022-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20220106232233/https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/dominant-genes/. live.

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