Anita Nair

Anita Nair

Anita Nair is a popular Indian-English writer. She was born at Mundakottakurissi, near Shornur in Kerala State. She was working as the creative director of an advertising agency in Bangalore when she wrote her first book, a collection of short stories called "Satyr of the Subway", which she sold to Har-Anand Press. The book won her a fellowship from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her second book was published by Penguin India, and was the first book by an Indian author to be published by Picador USA. Her books have been published in several languages around the world. She lives in Bangalore. Among Nair's early commercial works were pieces she penned in the late 90's for The Bangalore Monthly magazine (now called ["080" Magazine] http://www.080mag.com, published by Explocity.com in a column titled 'The Economical Epicurean'.

Bibliography

* "Satyr of the Subway & Eleven Other Stories", 1997
* "The Better Man", 2000
* "Ladies Coupé", 2001
* "Malabar Mind", 2002
* "Where the Rain is Born", 2003
* "Puffin Book of World Myths and Legends", 2004
* "Mistress", 2005
* "Adventures of Nonu, the Skating Squirrel", 2006
* "Living Next Door To Alise", 2007

External links

* [http://www.anitanair.net/ Official site]
* [http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/AuthorLounge/AuthorDetail.asp?aid=17 Anita Nair - Author loungue, Penguin Books India]


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