Shivani Sivagurunathan is a Malaysian fiction writer and poet. Born in Kuala Lumpur and raised in Port. Dickson, she spent eight years in the UK where she studied Comparative Literature. Her creative work has been published in numerous international journals including Anon, Flash and Agenda. Her poetry chapbook, Chiaroscuro, was published by bedouin books in 2010 and her collection of short stories Wildlife on Coal Island  came out in August, 2011. (Two stories from Wildlife, "The Bat Whisperer" and "Catching Iguanas", were published in Cha.) She is currently working on a novel set on the fictional Malaysian island, Coal Island. She now lives in Malaysia and lectures at University Putra Malaysia. Visit her website for more information. [Read]