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Chamathka Gamage

Goodreads Author

Born

in Sri Lanka

Website

https://linktr.ee/chamathkagamage

Genre

Fiction, Christian, Young Adult

Influences

C.S. Lewsi, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen

Member Since

April 2020

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/chamathkagamage

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Chamathka Gamage (Kangara) was born and raised in the Western Province of Sri Lanka during the devastating civil war that tore up the beautiful island nation. She first set foot on foreign soil in her late teens, shortly after the war officially ended.

She lived in Slippery Rock (USA) and Tokyo (Japan) where she graduated from Temple University. In her mid-twenties, she returned to Sri Lanka.
During this season, Chamathka vividly recalls the 2018 communal violence, 2019 "Easter bombings", followed by the COVID-19-induced economic & political upheaval that rocked the nation's peace and stability.
Her debut novel "He Called Me Arielle" was published during this time.

In 2022, at the height of the fuel crisis, riots and curfews in Sri Lanka, Ch ...more