Nikesh Murali

Nikesh Murali has published several collections of poetry online with international publishers. His works have been translated into seven languages and featured at international book festivals including the 29th Latin American book festival held in Buenos Aires. They have appeared in anthologies, journals and magazines all over the world. His poems and short stories have won and have been short listed for several major writing contests. He was nominated for the PUSHCART PRIZE in 2007 by Shalla Magazine. He was awarded the IFLAC-MCA Bilingual Club Poets for peace award in 2006.

He has served as an editor for online journals - The Pointer, The Litterateur & The Tabloid, and co-edited several poetry anthologies with Maria Cristina Azcona for Rowe Publishing in the United Kingdom.

He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia for which he was awarded the Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence in 2005, and his Masters in Teaching from James Cook University in Townsville, Australia and a Bachelors degree in English Literature and World History from University of Kerala, India. He is currently working on his first collection of short stories. He can be reached online at www.nikeshmurali.com.