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International Book Award Finalist 2019 in category Novella PLUS Best Book 2019 Finalist award: Category Multicultural for Moments in Transition: Stories of Maya and Jeena.

Writer, technologist, and unabashed geek, Neerja Raman has done university research, programmed at small start-ups, and worked as a manager at large corporations. She is a proud mother of three children and a community activist. Her fiction reflects her life experiences stemming from a multicultural background.

Raman's short fiction has been published in various periodicals. Her debut novella, Moments in Transition was awarded Finalist, Best Book of 2019 and International Book award. She received an honorable mention in the Katha Fiction Contest (2017) for her short story " ...more

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