Sheela Tomy

Sheela Tomy is a distinguished Malayalam writer whose literary voice is deeply rooted in the landscapes of her birthplace: Mananthavady, Wayanad. Her debut novel, Valli, won the Cherukad Award and its English translation was shortlisted for the prestigious JCB Prize for Literature and the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) National Translation Award. Her second novel, Aa Nadiyodu Peru Chodikkarithu (translated as Do Not Ask The River Her Name), won the Muthukulam Parvathy Amma Memorial Literary Award, the Maniyur E. Balan Literary Award and the James K.C. Manimala Award. She has also published the short-story collections Melquiadesinte Pralayapusthakam and Kilinochchiyile Shalabhangal.