Vandana Singh is an Indian

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writer and physicist. She is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Earth Science at

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Works

Short fiction

* ''Ambiguity Machines and other stories'' () includes previously unpublished "Requiem" (March 2018) * ''The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet and other stories'' () includes two previously unpublished stories: "Conservation Laws" and "Infinities" (March 2009) * "The Room on the Roof" in the anthology ''Polyphony'' (September 2002) * "The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet" in the anthology ''Trampoline'' (August 2003) * "The Wife" in the anthology ''Polyphony'' (Volume 3) :Collected in ''

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' was a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1987 to 2008. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition included a number of retrospective e ...

'' (17) * "Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age" in ''

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'' (2004) :honorable mention in ''

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'' (18) * "Delhi" in the anthology ''

So Long Been Dreaming ''So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy'' (2004) is an anthology of short stories by African, Asian, South Asian, and Indigenous authors, as well as North American and British writers of colour,''So Long Been Dreaming'' cov ...

'' (May 2004) :collected in ''

'' (22) * "Thirst" in '' The 3rd Alternative'' (Winter 2004) :Longlisted for the

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:Honorable mention for ''

'' (22) and ''

'' (18) :Collected in the anthology ''The Inner Line: Stories by Indian Women'' * "The Tetrahedron" in '' Internova'' (2005) :Shortlisted for the Carl Brandon Parallax Award :Honorable mention in ''

'' (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 ''Year's Best SF 14'' is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2009. It is the fourteenth in the Year's Best SF series. Contents The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a s ...

Children's fiction

* ''Younguncle Comes to Town'' (March 2004) * ''Younguncle in the Himalayas''

Poetry

* "A Portrait of the Artist" in ''

'' (2003) :2nd place in 2004 Rhysling Prize for speculative poetry (long poem category) * "Syllables of Old Lore" in the anthology Mythic (2006) * "The Choices of Leaves" in the anthology Mythic (2006)

Notes

References

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External links

Official Website
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An Interview with Vandana Singh by Geoffrey H. Goodwin at Bookslut
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