M. L. Krishnan originally hails from the coastal shores of Tamil Nadu, India. She is a 2019 graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, a 2022 recipient of the Millay Arts Fellowship, and a 2022-2023 MacDowell Fellow. Her stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Diabolical Plots, Baffling Magazine, and elsewhere. Her work has been anthologized in Wigleaf Top 50, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and more. You can find her at: mlkrishnan.com.