Woman of the Hour Wins Awards
My flash fiction collection, Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion, won two book awards and was a finalist in a third contest.
Woman of the Hourย is
- the winner of theย 2026 International Book Award
- the winner of theย 2026 Independent Author Award
- and a finalist for theย 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
in the category short story collections.



I am super grateful to the juries of these literary prizes for selecting my book.
When I started writing flash fiction in English a decade ago, I had no idea I would get this far.
Over on Substack, where I publish my weekly newsletter, Wander, Wonder Write, I’m writing about validation, self-confidence, and what it takes to feel successful. It is (probably) not what you think.


