Jaya Padmanabhan is a journalist and columnist, writing the “In Brown Type” Sunday column for the San Francisco Examiner. Her byline can also be found in PBS Next Avenue, Forbes, Medium (Elemental and The Bold Italic), and India Currents. Jaya's collection of short stories, "Transactions of Belonging" was published in India in 2014.
In 2009, the first short story she ever wrote won Honorable Mention in the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Of her notable achievements, Jaya has received 22 awards for journalism, five fiction awards for short stories, and two for her manuscript.
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