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Vandana Singh

b. 1950

Indian writer

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Born 1950. Vandana Singh is an Indian writer, science fiction writer, children's writer, university teacher, physicist and particle physics.

Vandana Singh is an Indian science fiction writer and physicist. She is a Professor of Physics and Environment at the Department of Environment, Society and Sustainability at Framingham State University in Massachusetts. Singh also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).

Works Collected stories Ambiguity Machines and other stories (2018) includes the previously unpublished story "Requiem" The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet and other stories (2008) includes two previously unpublished stories: "Conservation Laws" and "Infinities"

Short fiction "The Room on the Roof" in the anthology Polyphony (2002) "The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet" in the anthology Trampoline (2003) "The Wife" in the anthology Polyphony (Volume 3) Collected in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (17) "Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age" in Strange Horizons (2004) Honorable mention in Year's Best Science Fiction (22) and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (18) "Delhi" in the anthology So Long Been Dreaming (May 2004) Collected in Year's Best Science Fiction (22) "Thirst" in The 3rd Alternative (Winter 2004) Longlisted for the British Fantasy Award Honorable mention for Year's Best Science Fiction (22) and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (18) Collected in the anthology The Inner Line: Stories by Indian Women (2006) "The Tetrahedron" in InterNova (2005) Shortlisted for the Carl Brandon Parallax Award Honorable mention in Year's Best Science Fiction (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

Children's fiction Younguncle Comes to Town (2004) Younguncle in the Himalayas (2005)

Poetry "A Portrait of the Artist" in Strange Horizons (2003) Awarded second place in the 2004 Rhysling Awards for speculative poetry (long poem category) "Syllables of Old Lore" in the anthology Mythic (2006) "The Choices of Leaves" in the anthology Mythic (2006)

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Born
1950, New Delhi
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Framingham State University

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Who is Vandana Singh?

Indian writer

When was Vandana Singh born?

Vandana Singh was born in 1950 in New Delhi.

What is Vandana Singh's occupation?

Vandana Singh is a writer, science fiction writer, children's writer, university teacher, physicist and particle physics.

What nationality is Vandana Singh?

Vandana Singh is Indian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vandana Singh

· Wikidata: Q7914353

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