K. R. MEERA is an award-winning Malayalam writer. Her first short-story collection,
Ormayude Njarambu, was followed by more short-story collections, novellas, novels
and children’s books. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Sahitya
Akademi Award in 2015 for her most famous novel, Aarachaar (Hangwoman). It was
shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, 2016, and won the Kerala
Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013, as well as other regional awards. Before she became
a full-time writer, K. R. Meera worked as a journalist for the Malayala Manorama.