Sushma Joshi is a writer and filmmaker from Nepal. Born and brought up in Kathmandu, she went to the USA at 19 to do her undergraduate studies at Brown University. End of the World, her short story collection, is to be published by Rupa for the Indian subcontinent. She has also co-edited New Nepal, New Voices, an anthology of  short stories by 16 Nepali writers (Rupa, 2008). Her writings appear in Utne Reader, East of the Web, Cold River Review, Ms. Magazine, Mosaic, Buran, Samar Magazine and elsewhere. Her stories have been translated into Italian, Spanish and Vietnamese, and also appear in textbooks in the Phillipines and Australia. [Read]