Mandira Pattnaik is an Indian writer, poet and columnist. She is the author of collections "Anatomy of a Storm-Weathered Quaint Townspeople" (2022, Fahmidan Publishing, Poetry), "Girls Who Don't Cry" (2023, Alien Buddha Press, Flash Fiction) and "Where We Set Our Easel" (May 2023, Stanchion Publishing, Novella-in-Flash). Mandira's work has appeared in The McNeese Review, Penn Review, Quarterly West, Passages North, Columbia Journal, The Rumpus, Timber Journal, Contrary, Watershed Review, Quarter After Eight and Best Small Fictions Anthology (2021), among others. Her writing has secured multiple nominations for Pushcart Prize, BotN, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, and listing in Wigleaf Top50 (2023). More at mandirapattnaik.com
