Shalini Akhil

Shalini Akhil is an author and comedian. Shalini was born in Fiji, and lives with her husband in Melbourne. She was shortlisted in 2004 for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript that was an earlier version of her novel The Bollywood Beauty. Shalini was a finalist in the Triple J Raw Comedy National Grand Final. She has had short fiction published in Meanjin and her non-fiction work has also been published by The Age, and in the Women of Letters anthology.