about Nalini

NALINI JONES is the author of a novel, The Unbroken Coast, and story collection, What You Call Winter. Her work has appeared in One Story, Ploughshares, Guernica, Elle India, Scroll, and numerous other publications in the U.S. and India, and she has contributed to anthologies about politics, music, and families, including those affected by HIV in AIDS Sutra. She has been awarded a National Endowment of the Arts Literature Fellowship, among other honors, and her short story “Tiger” was selected for O. Henry and Pushcart prizes. She is also a longtime coordinator of live music events. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, daughters, and dogs, and is an Assistant Professor of Engliash at Fairfield University.

Her credits in music include Associate Producer of the Newport Folk Festival 2004-09, Line Producer of the 2005 televised benefit From the Big Apple to the Big Easy at Madison Square Garden, and Backstage Manager at Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.