- Rani Manicka
Rani Manicka is a novelist, born and educated in
Malaysia and living inEngland . Infused with her ownSri Lankan Tamil family history, "The Rice Mother" is her first novel. It recently won theCommonwealth Writers' Prize in 2003 for South East Asia and South Pacific region. It has been translated into 17 languages. Her second novel is "Touching Earth" published in 2005. Rani is also an economic graduate.
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