Appadurai Muttulingam was born in Sri Lanka and has published numerous books in Tamil, including novels, short story collections, and essays. Three short story collections translated into English have been published. In addition, his stories translated into English have appeared in the anthologies Many Roads Through Paradise (Penguin Books, 2014) and Uprooting the Pumpkin (Oxford University Press, 2016). A short story of his has also appeared in the American journal Narrative Magazine and another in wordswithoutborders.org.  Muttulingam is also is a finalist  for the 2023 Armory Square Prize. Among his many honors are the Sahitya Academy award (Sri Lanka), the S.R.M University of India literary award and the Markham City Council (Canada) Literary Award (2014). He is a founder and director of Tamil Chair Inc, 501©(3) created in the USA for the purpose of establishing Tamil studies at the Harvard University and in the University of Toronto. He lives with his wife in Toronto.