Manjula Menon: Writer

Exhuming “They’d Rather Be Right” in Tangent Online, March 2024

Science Fiction and The Shaping of Belief in Sci Phi Journal, September 2023

Truth Embedded in a Tale in Sci Phi Journal, June 2023

Recent Articles:

Starship Test #3 in Amazing Stories, March 2024

Starship Test 3 Quick Recap in Amazing Stories, March 2024

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Menon’s fiction has appeared in print publications like Nimrod International Journal, North American Review, Santa Monica Review, Pleiades, Southern Humanities Review, Tampa Review, among others. A speculative story/recipe was included in the collection of fantastical mixology, Strange Libations: Dark Cocktails from the editors of Apex Magazine. Her awards include a Yaddo Fellowship, a Breadloaf Writers Conference “waitership”, and a fellowship from Writing Downtown in Las Vegas.

Menon has degrees in astrophysics and electrical engineering. An abiding interest in philosophy inspired her to cofound The Science Fiction and Philosophy Society. She’s worked at start-ups, big consulting firms, and spent years designing and building cellular networks in South Korea, Italy, Belgium, and elsewhere. Her technical publications include a paper evaluating code division multiplex access (CDMA) for microcell applications available in the IEEE Xplore digital library.

Menon has also co-produced a short film, Sculpture 1, about an unlikely relationship that develops between two people in a small “figurative arts academy” in New York City. Menon was born in India, and spent part of her childhood in Zambia. She lives in San Francisco.

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Contact: manjulamenon1@gmail.com