Publishing Tell-All for Third-Culture Writers

Uttama Kirit Patel is an author and editor from Abu Dhabi who provokes the ordinary through storytelling. She has been a semi-finalist in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest and was nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Shape of an Apostrophe is her debut novel, and her work has been featured in The Tribune, Vogue, BBC, LitHub, Times of India and Wasafiri, amongst others. Uttama is an adoptive mother, an ex-resident of over a dozen cities across continents, and the founder of South Asian Parent magazine. She holds an MPhil in Psychology from the University of Cambridge.

Uttama Kirit Patel adalah seorang penulis dan editor dari Abu Dhabi yang memprovokasi hal biasa melalui bercerita. Dia telah menjadi semi-finalist dalam Raymond Carver Short Story Contest dan dinominasikan untuk PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Shape of an Apostrophe adalah novel debutnya, dan karyanya telah ditampilkan di The Tribune, Vogue, BBC, LitHub, Times of India dan Wasafiri, di antara lainnya. Uttama adalah seorang ibu angkat, mantan penghuni lebih dari selusin kota di berbagai benua, dan pendiri majalah South Asian Parent. Dia memegang gelar MPhil dalam Psikologi dari University of Cambridge.

Thammika Songkaeo is a transnational novelist, essayist, and filmmaker of Thai origin. Described by Elle Singapore as "dissecting motherhood, marriage, and the cost of selfhood with razor-sharp precision," her third-culture perspective and accompanying observer's eye, shaped by a lifetime of globetrotting since 1992, deeply inform her work. Her debut novel Stamford Hospital was named by Prestige magazine as one of the 10 must-reads for International Women's Day 2025, alongside works by Margaret Atwood and Simone de Beauvoir. A Bread Loaf scholar, National Geographic Storytelling grantee, and trained dancer, Songkaeo blends literature, movement, and wordlessness to explore the human psyche.

Thammika Songkaeo adalah seorang novelis, esais, dan pembuat film transnasional asal Thailand. Digambarkan oleh Elle Singapore sebagai sosok yang "membedah tema keibuan, pernikahan, dan harga jati diri dengan ketajaman luar biasa," perspektif lintas budayanya serta kepekaan mata pengamatnya, yang terbentuk dari pengalaman hidup berpindah-pindah negara sejak 1992, sangat mewarnai karyanya. Novel debutnya Stamford Hospital dinobatkan oleh majalah Prestige sebagai salah satu dari 10 buku wajib baca untuk Hari Perempuan Internasional 2025, berdampingan dengan karya-karya Margaret Atwood dan Simone de Beauvoir. Sebagai seorang penerima beasiswa Bread Loaf, penerima hibah National Geographic Storytelling, dan penari terlatih, Songkaeo memadukan sastra, gerak tubuh, dan kebisuan untuk mengeksplorasi jiwa manusia.