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 work has appeared, or is forthcoming in Diabolical Plots, PodCastle, Baffling Magazine, The Best Microfiction 2022 anthology and elsewhere. You can find her on Twitter @‌emelkrishnan.