Mary Anne Mohanraj
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'''Mary Anne Amirthi Mohanraj''' (born July 26, 1971) is an American writer, editor, and academic. She was born in Colombo, [[Sri Lanka]] but moved to the [[United States]] at the age of two and grew up in [[New Britain, Connecticut]]. She attended [[Miss Porter's School]] and the [[University of Chicago]] and graduated with a degree in [[English Literature]] in 1993. She holds an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from [[Mills College]] (1998) and a [[PhD]] of [[English Literature]] from the [[University of Utah]] (2005). She also attended the [[Clarion Workshop|Clarion West Writing Workshop]] in 1997.
Her novel-in-stories, ''Bodies in Motion'', received an honorable mention from the 2007 [http://www.aaww.org/aaww_awards.html Asian American Literary Awards], and was named a [http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-05-25-summerbooks-calendar_x.htm USA Today Notable Book]. In 2006, Mohanraj received an [[Illinois Arts Council]] Fellowship in Prose. Mohanraj has taught at Salt Lake Community College, the University of Utah, and Vermont College. From September 2005 - June 2007, she was a Visiting Professor in the MFA Program at [[Roosevelt University]]. She is currently (2008) a Visiting Professor at [[Northwestern University]], in the Center for the Writing Arts. She is scheduled to teach at the [[Clarion Workshop]] in summer 2008.
She was the co-founder and editor-in-chief for ''[[Clean Sheets]]'', an online magazine of [[erotica]], from 1998 to 2000. In 2000 she helped found ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', where she was the editor-in-chief until 2003. In 2004 she founded the [[Speculative Literature Foundation]], which she still directs, and is a founding member and Executive Director of [[Desilit]], an organization designed to support [[South Asian]] and [[diaspora]] writers. She is also something of a sexuality activist; she founded and moderates the [[Internet Erotica Writers' Workshop]], and was a former moderator for [[soc.sexuality.general]].
Mohanraj lives in Chicago with her partner, Kevin Whyte (a mathematician), and their daughter, Kaviarasi Whyte (born May 18, 2007). She has two younger sisters, Dr. Mirna Mohanraj and Dr. Sharmila Mohanraj. Her parents, Dr. N.A.C. Mohanraj and Jacintha Mohanraj, live in Connecticut.
==Bibliography==
===Novels===
* ''[[Kathryn in the City: A Choose-Your-Own-Erotic-Adventure]]'' ([[Melcher Media]], 2003) (ISBN 1-59240-030-2)
* ''[[The Classics Professor: A Choose-Your-Own-Erotic-Adventure]]'' ([[Melcher Media]], 2003) (ISBN 1-59240-031-0)
===Collections===
* ''[[Torn Shapes of Desire]]'' ([[IAM]], 1997) (ISBN 1-885876-03-3)
* ''[[Silence and the Word]]'' ([[Lethe Press]], 2004) (ISBN 1-59021-014-X)
* ''[[Bodies in Motion: Stories]]'' ([[HarperCollins]], 2005) (ISBN 0-06-078118-1)
===Edited Works===
* ''[[Aqua Erotica]]'' ([[Three Rivers Press]], 2000) (ISBN 0-609-80656-4)
* ''[[Wet: More Aqua Erotica]]'' ([[Three Rivers Press]], 2002) (ISBN 0-609-80897-4)
* ''[[The Best of Strange Horizons: Year One]]'' ([[Lethe Press]], 2003) (ISBN 1-59021-036-0)
===Nonfiction===
* ''[[A Taste of Serendib: A Sri Lankan Cookbook]]'' ([[Lethe Press]], 2003) (ISBN 1-59021-100-6)
===Children's===
* ''[[The Poet's Journey]]'' ([[Serendib Press]], 2008) (ISBN 978-0-6151-8889-8) [as "Amirthi Mohanraj"]
==External links==
* [http://www.mamohanraj.com/ Mary Anne's website]. Contains links to her [http://www.mamohanraj.com/biog.html biography], bibliography, journal, and other areas of interest.
* [http://www.indiacurrents.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=b76891dd7561a9c67fff9f49c77f41c3 Uniting Desi Writers and Readers] Interview in ''India Currents'' Magazine by Ranjit Souri
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