Author: నిడదవోలు మాలతి
Bio: Malathi Nidadavolu,  has been writing fiction since early fifties.

She hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. She  moved to Madison, 
Wisconsin, in 1973. Her mother Nidadavolu Seshamma and father Nidadavolu
Jagannadha Rao are the most influential in defining her values, she says..

Her academic qualifications include Master’s degrees in English Language and
Literature, and Library Science.

She is not a prolific writer nevertheless carries a recognizable name among Telugu 
writers and readers in Andhra Pradesh. Her stories, chiruchakram (Small Wheel) 
and thrushna (Yearning to read) won prizes.

Malathi's fiction was topic for M. Phil. degree (Andhra University, 2003). She 
was honored at Andhra Women Writers conference in 1969 and 1970, and at 
2004 at ATA Conference, Chicago.

After moving to Madison, Malathi started writing in English as well. Some of her 
translations have been published in reputable journals such as The Toronto Asian 
Review, Journal of South Asia Literature, Wisconsin Review, and online 
magazines. Some of her stories are included in anthologies. A few of her stories 
are reprinted in several magazines and anthologies.

source: [tulika.net](http://www.thulika.net/Commonfiles/malathi.html).