SJ Sindu

SJ Sindu
Born	Sinduja Sathiyaseelan November 27, 1987 Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Florida State University
Occupation	novelist

SJ Sindu (born November 27, 1987) is a Sri Lankan American novelist and short story writer.^[1] Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, is to be released by Soho Press in June 2017.^[2] Her work has been published in Brevity,^[3] The Normal School, The Los Angeles Review of Books,^[4] apt,^[5] Vinyl Poetry,^[6] PRISM International, VIDA,^[7] Black Girl Dangerous,^[8] rkvry quarterly,^[9] and elsewhere. Sindu was a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow,^[10] holds an MA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,^[11] and is a PhD candidate at Florida State University.^[12]

Bibliography

Novels

• Marriage of a Thousand Lies. New York: Soho Press, 2017, ISBN 9781616957902

Chapbooks

• I Once Met You But You Were Dead. Philadelphia: Split Lip Press, 2017

Awards

• Split Lip Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest award winner for I Once Met You But You Were Dead^[13]

References

1. "Interview with SJ Sindu". 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
2. Goldsmith, Connor (September 28, 2016). "Cover Reveal: MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES by SJ Sindu (Soho Press 2017)". Fuse Literary. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
3. "SR-9". Brevity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction. January 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
4. "Sanctuary: Jeanette Winterson Saved My Life". Los Angeles Review of Books. Los Angeles Review of Books. April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
5. "I Like to Imagine Daisy from Mrs. Dalloway as an Indian Woman by SJ Sindu". apt. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
6. "Yellow Schoolbuses". Vinyl Poetry. Yes Yes Books. March 23, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
7. "Dangerous Art: Thoughts on Danticat's Immigrant Artist and the Creation Myth". VIDA Exclusives. VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. February 4, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
8. "You Can Keep Your Bold Riley: Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation". Black Girl Dangerous. Black Girl Dangerous. September 4, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
9. "Mirrors Like Silence". Rkvry Quarterly Journal. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
10. Reese, Jenn (2013-07-08). "2013 Writers Retreat Fellows". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
11. Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "SJ Sindu | Department of English | University of Nebraska–Lincoln". www.unl.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
12. "Graduate Student Profiles". English Department. Florida State University. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
13. "Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest Winner". Split Lip Press. Split Lip Press. June 20, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.