Akil Kumarasamy | |
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| Occupation | Author, assistant professor |
| Education | Barnard College University of Michigan (MFA) |
| Years active | 2010s – present |
| Notable works | Half Gods Meet Us By The Roaring Sea |
| Notable awards | 2018 The Story Prize Spotlight Award 2021–2022 Annual Bard Fiction Prize |
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Akil Kumarasamy is an American author and an assistant professor in the Masters of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences-Newark. Her collection of short stories Half Gods won The Story Prize Spotlight Award and the 2021–2022 Annual Bard Fiction Prize. Her novel Meet Us by the Roaring Sea was released in August 2022.