Mathangi Subramanian

Mathangi Subramanian is an Indian American writer and educator who believes stories have the power to change the world. Her novel A People's History of Heaven was long listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Skipping Stones Honor Book. Her middle grades book Dear Mrs. Naidu won the South Asia Book Award. Her essays and op-eds have appeared in The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine.com, Zora Magazine, and Al Jazeera America, among others. She holds a doctorate in Communications and Education from Columbia University Teachers College, and currently lives with her husband and her daughter in San Jose.