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]
SJ Sindu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sinduja Sathiyaseelan November 27, 1987 Trincomalee, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse | Geoff Bouvier |
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Marriage of a Thousand Lies. New York: Soho Press, 2017, ISBN 9781616957902
- Blue-Skinned Gods. New York: Soho Press, Nov 02, 2021, ISBN 9781641292429
Short Story Collections
edit- The Goth House Experiment. New York: Soho Press, 2023, ISBN 9781641295192
Graphic Novels
edit- Shakti. New York: HarperCollins, 2023, ISBN 9780063090132
Chapbooks
edit- I Once Met You But You Were Dead. Philadelphia: Split Lip Press, 2017
- Dominant Genes. New York: Black Lawrence Press, 2022
Awards
edit- Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction for Marriage of a Thousand Lies[4]
- American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book for Marriage of a Thousand Lies[5]
- Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Marriage of a Thousand Lies[11]
- Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for Marriage of a Thousand Lies[12]
- Split Lip Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest award winner for I Once Met You But You Were Dead[13]
- Winner of the Fall 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition for Dominant Genes[14]
References
edit- ^ "An Author's Note from SJ Sindu". Soho Press. 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ "Author SJ Sindu explores the closet in 'Marriage of a Thousand Lies'". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ Punch, Allison (2017-08-15). "'Marriage of a Thousand Lies' by SJ Sindu". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ a b "Publishing Triangle". www.publishingtriangle.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b Bjarnagin (2018-02-13). "2018 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced". News and Press Center. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ^ Sathiyaseelan, Sinduja. "Blue-Skinned Gods". SJ Sindu. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Reese, Jenn (2013-07-08). "2013 Writers Retreat Fellows". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ Chacon, Miren. "UNL alumna SJ Sindu highlights queer South Asian women in their writing". The Daily Nebraskan. Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Graduate Student Profiles". English Department. Florida State University. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ "SJ Sindu, Ph.D. — College of Humanities and Sciences". chs.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ Boureau, Ella (2018-03-06). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards General Results". Independent Publisher - feature. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest Winner". Split Lip Press. Split Lip Press. June 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ BLP (2021-08-17). "Dominant Genes". BLP. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.