Salik Shah is an

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based out of

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. He is the founding editor and publisher of ''

Mithila Review ''Mithila Review'' is the only international science fiction and fantasy magazine published from India. It publishes original speculative fiction, poetry, reviews and interviews from authors from South Asia and around the world. Contributor ...

'', a journal of international

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established in 2015. His poetry, fiction, and non-fiction has appeared in '' Asimov’s Science Fiction,

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, Juggernaut Books,'' '' Star*Line'', ''Coldnoon'', ''Eye to the Telescope'', ''

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'', among other publications. One of his short stories "Lakhen & Dragonflies" appears in a course syllabus at

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. His debut poetry collection "Khas Pidgin" won the Elgin Award nomination from Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association in 2018. His poetry and fiction has also been nominated for Kumaon Literary Festival’s Fellows of Nature and Toto Awards. His interviews have appeared in a number of publications including ''

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'', ''The Juggernaut,'' and ''Samovar.'' He has also interviewed several Hugo-winning authors for ''Mithila Review,'' including

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Ken Liu , birth_date = , birth_place = Lanzhou, Gansu, China , occupation = , nationality = American , period = , genre = Science fiction, fantasy , subject = , movement = , notableworks= * '' The Paper Menagerie'' (2011 ...

and

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. He has also interviewed award-winning speculative and horror authors Glen Hirshberg, Lavie Tidhar and Usman T Malik. He is a founding member of Plurality University (

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), a Future of India Fellow, and

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Ambassador to

. A former advertising professional, he passed out of

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in 200

He grew up in

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and

, and can read, write, translate, and speak in

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, English, and Nepali.

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