Rishi Reddi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College Northeastern University School of Law Boston University |
| Notable awards | PEN New England Award (2008) |
| Website | |
| rishireddi | |
Rishi Reddi is an American author. She is a L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award laureate.
Biography
Rishi Reddi was born in Hyderabad, India. She grew up in the United Kingdom and the United States.
She is a graduate of Swarthmore College, where she studied English, and the Northeastern University School of Law. In 2001, she earned a master's degree in creative writing from Boston University. Alongside her writing career, she has been an enforcement attorney for the state and federal environmental protection agencies, as well as a lawyer for the Massachusetts Secretary of Environment.
She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Awards and honors
Her book Karma and Other Stories received the 2008 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award.[1] Rishi Reddi's work was chosen for Best American Short Stories 2005,[2] featured on National Public Radio's "Selected Shorts" program, and received an honorable mention for 2004 Pushcart Prize. She has been a Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the MacDowell Colony and a recipient of an Individual Artist's Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
References
External links
- Reddi's website
- Interview in Nirali magazine Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Meet the Newest Indian literary star Rediff - January 3, 2006
- Rishi Reddi talks about growing up bicultural in the US, from the web-only interview series, WGBH One Guest