Jocelyn Cullity's most recent work of historical fiction is THE ENVY OF PARADISE (Inanna Publications, 2019). Her award-winning historical novel AMAH AND THE SILK- WINGED PIGEONS (Inanna Publications, 2017) was included in the 2017 International "Recommended List of 20 Books" by The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, honoring books in the UK, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries. Cullity's short stories and essays have been published in Canadian, American, and Indian literary journals. Currently the Director of the BFA program in Creative Writing at Truman State University in Missouri, Jocelyn Cullity's English family lived in India for five generations. She was born in Australia, grew up north of Toronto, Canada, and has lived for periods of time in both India and England.