Anil Menon’s most recent work is The Inconceivable Idea Of The Sun: Stories, a collection of his speculative short fiction. Menon’s Half of What I Say was shortlisted for the 2016 Hindu Literary Prize. He co-edited Breaking the Bow, an international anthology of short fiction inspired by the Ramayana. His debut YA novel, The Beast With Nine Billion Feet, was shortlisted for the 2010 Vodafone-Crossword award and the 2010 Parallax prize. His short fiction has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Hebrew, Igbo, and Romanian. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of The Bombay Literary Magazine.