Aneeta Sundararaj (How To Tell A Great Story)

Aneeta Sundararaj is the recipient of the Trisha Ashley Award in 2022 and the 2022 H.E. Bates Short Story Prize. The stories for these prizes / nominations are included in a collection of short stories, 'Tapestry of the Mind and Other Stories' (Penguin Random House SEA, June 2024). She trained and practised as a lawyer before pursuing her dream of writing fulltime. She then created a website as a resource for storytellers and called it ‘How to Tell a Great Story’. Aneeta has also been published in many magazines, ezines and journals, including more than 250 feature articles in the 'New Straits Times'. Her bestselling novel, 'The Age of Smiling Secrets' was shortlisted for the Anugerah Buku 2020 organised by the National Library of Malaysia. In 2021, Aneeta successfully completed a doctoral thesis entitled ‘Management of Prosperity Among Artistes in Malaysia’ and was awarded a 'Doctor of Philosophy (Management)' by SEGi University, Malaysia.