Novelist, memoirist, and UNL alum SJ Sindu will discuss her new work: the novel MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES and the hybrid fiction/nonfiction chapbook, I ONCE MET YOU BUT YOU WERE DEAD.

Shot through with humor and loss, MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES offers a warm exploration of friendship, family, and love. Lucky, the millennial narrator, is charming and complex as she struggles to remain true to herself while navigating familial obligations. This debut novel offers a touching addition to both Sri Lankan and American LGBTQ canons.

SJ Sindu was born in Sri Lanka and raised in Massachusetts. Her chapbook, I ONCE MET YOU BUT YOU WERE DEAD, won the 2016 Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest and was published by Split Lip Press. She was a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow and holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University.