Vandana Singh is a science fiction writer and assistant professor of physics at Framingham State University in Massachusetts; her area of expertise is theoretical particle physics. Her short stories, which most recently include “Peripateia,” (2013), “Cry of the Kharchal” (2013), “With Fate Conspire” (2013), and “A Handful of Rice” (2012), frequently appear in Year’s Best and other anthologies. She also writes poetry as well as novels and short stories for children. Vandana was born and brought up in New Delhi, India. Her book The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories was released in February 2014 by the University of Chicago Press. To learn more about Vandana, visit her website.