Tania James

Tania James was raised in Louisville, Kentucky after a brief stint in Chicago from ages 0 to 4. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in filmmaking and received an MFA from Columbia's School of the Arts. Her debut novel Atlas of Unknowns was published by Knopf in 2009, and was a New York Times Editor's Choice, an Indie Next Notable, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and a Best Book of 2009 for The San Francisco Chronicle and NPR. Atlas was also shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian literature. Her short stories have appeared in a number of journals, including Boston Review, Granta, Guernica, Kenyon Review, One Story, Orion, and A Public Space. She has also written for the New York Times, Courier Journal, and Elle India. The title story of her collection was a finalist for Best American Short Stories 2008 and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Tania is the recipient of fellowships from the Ragdale Foundation and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. In 2011-2012, she was a Fulbright fellow to India living in New Delhi. She lives in Washington D.C.