Nadia Bulkin

Nadia Bulkin
Born	(1987-08-04) August 4, 1987 (age 37) Jakarta, Indonesia
Genre	horror, weird fiction

Nadia Bulkin is an Indonesian-American political scientist and author of short stories, largely in the horror genre.

Biography

Bulkin was born in Indonesia to a Muslim father and Christian mother. Her parents decided to leave Indonesia soon after the death of Suharto.[1] She moved to Nebraska with her family when she was 11.[2]

She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College with a degree in political science before earning her master's at American University's School of International Service.[3]

Bulkin currently works as a consultant in Washington, D.C.[2] She is a senior associate at The Asia Group, a strategy and capital advisory group.[3]

Short stories by Bulkin have been published in ChiZine, Strange Horizons, Three-lobed Burning Eye, and the Simon Strantzas-edited anthology Aickman's Heirs.

Awards and recognition

In 2018, she was nominated in the Shirley Jackson Awards for both short fiction ("Live Through This") and Single-Author Collection (She Said Destroy, Word Horde, 2017).[4]

References

1. Davis, David; Burke, Christopher (October 6, 2017). "Psychic Rituals and Political Machinations: An Interview with Nadia Bulkin". Weird Fiction Review. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
2. "More Women Are Leaving Behind Religious Identities For Something More Spiritual". HuffPost. February 20, 2015.
3. Sambhi, Natalie (April 25, 2016). "Sea Control 116 – Indonesia, a History of Violence and Horror Fiction". CIMSEC. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
4. "2017 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees". Locus. May 10, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

External links

• Nadia Bulkin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database