Brief Bios

Last updated: June 4, 2004

Academic Bio:

Mary Anne Mohanraj is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah, specializing in post-colonial literature and creative writing. She is the author of several books, including SILENCE AND THE WORD, TORN SHAPES OF DESIRE, AQUA EROTICA (ed.), KATHRYN IN THE CITY, THE BEST OF STRANGE HORIZONS (ed.), and A TASTE OF SERENDIB. Her most recent publications include "Lakshmi's Diary" (OASIS), "A Gentle Man" (HARPUR PALATE), "Wild Roses" (THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW EROTICA, VOL. 3) and "How It Started" (BEST LESBIAN EROTICA 2003). Her academic research includes an exploration of black masculinity in the work on horror writer Tananarive Due, and an bio-bibliography on Due published in Richard Bleiler's SUPERNATURAL FICTION WRITERS. Mohanraj founded and served as editor-in-chief from 2000 - 2003 for STRANGE HORIZONS, a Hugo-nominated speculative fiction magazine. She currently serves as a referee for FOUNDATION, THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, and as Director of the SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION (www.speculativeliterature.org). Mohanraj has recently received a Neff fellowship in English, a Steffenson-Canon fellowship in the Humanities, and the Scowcroft Prize for Fiction. She lives in Chicago and is currently finishing her dissertation, BODIES IN MOTION, an exploration of sexuality, marriage, and Sri Lankan/American immigrant concerns.

Short literary bio:

Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of several books, including SILENCE AND THE WORD, TORN SHAPES OF DESIRE, AQUA EROTICA (ed.), KATHRYN IN THE CITY, THE BEST OF STRANGE HORIZONS (ed.), and A TASTE OF SERENDIB (a Sri Lankan cookbook). Her most recent publications include "Lakshmi's Diary" (OASIS), "A Gentle Man" (HARPUR PALATE), "Wild Roses" (THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW EROTICA, VOL. 3) and "How It Started" (BEST LESBIAN EROTICA 2003). She lives in Chicago and is currently finishing her Ph.D. dissertation novel, BODIES IN MOTION, an exploration of sexuality, marriage, and Sri Lankan/American immigrant concerns.

Erotic bio:

Mary Anne Mohanraj is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah, specializing in post-colonial literature and creative writing. She is the author of several books, including SILENCE AND THE WORD and TORN SHAPES OF DESIRE (collections), AQUA EROTICA and WET (two erotica anthologies she edited for Random House), KATHRYN IN THE CITY and THE CLASSICS PROFESSOR (two erotic choose-your-own-adventure novels she wrote for Penguin), and A TASTE OF SERENDIB (a Sri Lankan cookbook). Her most recent publications include "A Gentle Man" (HARPUR PALATE), "Wild Roses" (THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW EROTICA, VOL. 3) and "How It Started" (BEST LESBIAN EROTICA 2003). Mohanraj founded and served as editor-in-chief from 1998-2000 for CLEAN SHEETS, one of the foremost online erotica magazines. She has recently received a Neff fellowship in English, a Steffenson-Canon fellowship in the Humanities, and the Scowcroft Prize for Fiction. She lives in Chicago and is currently finishing her dissertation, BODIES IN MOTION, an exploration of sexuality, marriage, and Sri Lankan/American immigrant concerns.

Science Fiction Bio:

Mary Anne Mohanraj is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah, specializing in post-colonial literature and creative writing. She is the author of several books, including SILENCE AND THE WORD, TORN SHAPES OF DESIRE, AQUA EROTICA (ed.), and THE BEST OF STRANGE HORIZONS (ed.). Her most recent publications include "A Gentle Man" (HARPUR PALATE). Mohanraj founded and served as editor-in-chief from 2000 - 2003 for STRANGE HORIZONS, a Hugo-nominated speculative fiction magazine. She currently serves as a referee for FOUNDATION, THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, and as Director of the SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION (www.speculativeliterature.org). She served as a juror for the Tiptree Award in 2003, given for science fiction and fantasy which explores and expands our ideas of gender. Mohanraj has recently received a Neff fellowship in English, a Steffenson-Canon fellowship in the Humanities, and the Scowcroft Prize for Fiction. She lives in Chicago and is currently finishing her dissertation, BODIES IN MOTION, an exploration of sexuality, marriage, and Sri Lankan/American immigrant concerns.

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