SUDHA THEKKEMADAM

Sudha Thekkemadam is a teacher and writer at Thekkematham Pattambi Naduvattom Government Janatha Higher Secondary School. She writes regularly in periodicals and on social media. She has won the Kamala Suraiya Award for short stories. Nerpathi was selected as one of the top five novels in the DC Books Novel Competition. She has directed and scripted several short films. She has published Kumarankaat (collection of stories), Sword Hunter 01, Koya Paranja Kathakal (children’s literature), Chiri Chinta Chamayam (humor), Puliyinji (experience), Lathanilayam Ottappalam P.O. (collection of stories), and Natasha (short stories). Sword Hunter 01 has received the Joseph Mundassery Memorial Award. Her contributions to literature have been recognised with several prestigious honours, including the Kerala government’s Professor Joseph Mundassery Award.