divya maniar is the author of
AFTER CARE
AFTER CARE follows a burnout reality star, Grace. No longer famous, she spends her time watching reruns of herself on Speed Daters. When her old castmate takes her own life and interest in the show spikes again, how far will Grace go to hold on to her fleeting fame?
Bold and haunting.
- Stacey Yu, author of Kitten...an unmissable debut.
- Genevieve Jagger, author of Fragile AnimalsCrackles with sharp insight into the human condition and wry comment on the 21st century world it does its business in.
Here is a writer to watch
- Laird Hunt, author of Zorrie
...compelling and perceptive... Maniar has crafted a story I did not know I needed
- Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of Cursed DaughtersPitch-perfect and utterly compelling
- Naomi Xu Elegant, author of Gingko Season... compulsive as the reality TV it skewers.
- Hannah Beer, author of I Make My Own Fun
divya maniar is a writer from singapore. her work has been published in joyland magazine, the rumpus, nimrod international journal and elsewhere. she studied philosophy and comparative literature at brown university and english literature at the university of cambridge.she is represented by monica macswan at aitken alexander associates.after care is her debut novel.
published + forthcoming work
fiction
Mukbang in The Rumpus
The Ghosts Will Eat Tonight in Nimrod International Journal (+ Longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize)
White Girl in Pigeon Pages (Nominated for Best of the Net)
Sediment in Joyland Magazine
Office Deconstructed in Passages North
Five Letters in Hennepin Review
Mousepad in Alien Literary Magazine
A Family in Heavy Rain in Cease, Cows (Nominated for Best Small Fictions)
Our Good Dog, Spiderman in HAD
Wednesdays with my wax technician in The Hunger
Near Dead Crabs and Other Beautiful Things in Heavy Feather Review
No Vacancy in Overheard Literary Magazine
creative nonfiction
On the ex I too often describe as stupid in Autofocus Literary
poetry
skincare for trees in Hobart
différance in Babel Tower Notice Board