Vandana Singh
Indian writer
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Vandana Singh is an Indian science fiction writer and physicist. She is a Professor of Physics and Environment at the Department of Environment, Society and Sustainability at Framingham State University in Massachusetts.[1][2] Singh also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).[3]
Vandana Singh | |
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Singh at a discussion for The British Library in 2021 | |
| Born | New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Author, Particle physics professor |
| Period | 2000s–present |
| Genre | Fantasy, Science fiction, Children's Literature |
| Notable works | "Delhi", "The Wife", Younguncle Comes to Town |
| Website | |
| vandana-writes | |
Works
Collected stories
- Ambiguity Machines and other stories (2018) (ISBN 9781618731432) includes the previously unpublished story "Requiem"
- The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet and other stories (2008) (ISBN 9788189884048) includes two previously unpublished stories: "Conservation Laws" and "Infinities"
Short fiction
- "The Room on the Roof" in the anthology Polyphony (2002)
- "The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet" in the anthology Trampoline (ISBN 9781931520041) (2003)
- "The Wife" in the anthology Polyphony (Volume 3)
- Collected in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (17)
- "Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age" in Strange Horizons (2004)
- Honorable mention in Year's Best Science Fiction (22) and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (18)
- "Delhi" in the anthology So Long Been Dreaming (May 2004)
- Collected in Year's Best Science Fiction (22)
- "Thirst" in The 3rd Alternative (Winter 2004)
- Longlisted for the British Fantasy Award
- Honorable mention for Year's Best Science Fiction (22) and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (18)
- Collected in the anthology The Inner Line: Stories by Indian Women (2006)
- "The Tetrahedron" in InterNova (2005)
- Shortlisted for the Carl Brandon Parallax Award
- Honorable mention in Year's Best Science Fiction (23)
- "The Sign in the Window" in the chapbook series Rabid Transit (May 2005)
- "Hunger" in the anthology Interfictions (April 2007)
- "Life-pod" in Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction (August 2007)
- "Of Love and Other Monsters," a novella published in the Aqueduct Press's Conversation Pieces Series (October 2007)
- "Oblivion: A Journey" in the anthology Clockwork Phoenix (Summer 2008)
- Collected in Year's Best SF 14
Children's fiction
- Younguncle Comes to Town (2004)
- Younguncle in the Himalayas (2005)
Poetry
- "A Portrait of the Artist" in Strange Horizons (2003)
- Awarded second place in the 2004 Rhysling Awards for speculative poetry (long poem category)[4]
- "Syllables of Old Lore" in the anthology Mythic (2006)
- "The Choices of Leaves" in the anthology Mythic (2006)
