Dipika Mukherjee


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dr. Dipika Mukherjee

Nomad, Sociolinguist,
Award-Winning Writer



{Write to change this world}




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I write fiction and poetry and essays and academic papers.

My debut novel was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and my second novel won the Virginia Prize for Fiction. My three works of fiction are Shambala Junction, Ode to Broken Things, and Rules of Desire. You can find my poetry in The Third Glass of Wine and The Palimpsest of Exile.


I am working on a third novel, as well as a hybrid memoir right now. When I'm not writing, I like to work with other writers (I have edited five anthologies of Southeast Asian fiction and I teach at StoryStudio Chicago and the Graham School of University of Chicago). In 2021, I received the Instructor of the Year Award from Stories Matter Foundation, which runs StoryStudio.


Chicago is home since 2012, after Shanghai, where I was Distinguished Professor at Shanghai International Studies University. I hold a degree in English (Sociolinguistics) from Texas A&M University.

Sometimes I write a literary column for The Edge in Malaysia I am always Contributing Editor for Jaggery. I also write for a lot of other publications, so feel free to browse through my site while you are here and read my work...thanks for stopping by!


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SHAmbala junction


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fiction





Shambala Junction. Novel. 2016



Winner of the 4th Virginia Prize for Fiction


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Ode to Broken Things. Novel. 2016



Longlisted For Man Asian Literary Prize
(Published as Thunder Demons in the Indian Subcontinent)


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Rules of Desire. Short Story Collection. 2015.


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Where To Find Me ... 2021





April 29: StoryBall
Instructor of the Year Award, 2021





StorIES MATTER FOUNDATION, CHICAGO



April 7: Transnational Voices





Guild Literary Complex & StoryStudio Chicago



November 2021 (postponed from 2020)





Faber Residency, CAtalonia, Spain



February 22: Ep 14: Dipika Mukherjee, Author, on Research, Universal Stories, Southeast Asian literature, and Writing on a Dare





cHICAGO WRITERS podcast



February 13, 7-8pm, Chicago Love Classics

With Jaquelyn Mitchard, Peter Orner, and Michele Morano
(free, registration required)





Chicago Literary Hall of Fame



February 23, Four Week Workshop at Graham School, University of Chicago





Distinguishing Characteristics



Jan 21: Four Week Workshop at StoryStudio Chicago





Not Your PrettY Little Pixie



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