Amanthi Harris grew up in Colombo, Sri Lanka and in London, UK. She studied Fine Art at Central St Martins and has degrees in Law and Chemistry from Bristol University. Her novel BEAUTIFUL PLACE was published by Salt Publishing (UK) and Pan Macmillan India. LANTERN EVENING, a novella, won the Gatehouse Press New Fictions Prize 2016 and was published by Gatehouse Press. Her short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies including Best British Short Stories 2020 and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her most recent short story for Radio 4, CRINKUM CRANKUM was broadcast in 2023 and is available on the BBC website. She currently lives in a village in the mountains of southern Spain. www.amanthiharris.com