<p>Nillu Nasser is a writer of literary fiction novels. She also blogs, writes short fiction and poetry.</p><p>Nillu’s short story “Painted Truths and Prayer Beads” was published in May 2016 in <em>Mosaics 2: A Collection of Independent Women</em>. Another short story, “The Tombstone Man and the Coming of the Tigress,” was published in June 2016 in <em>UnCommon Origins</em>, an anthology of short fiction. In 2017, “Tombstone Man” is scheduled to reappear in <em>UnCommonly Good</em>.</p><p>Nillu has a BA in English and German Literature and an MA in European Politics. After graduating, she worked in national and regional politics, but eventually reverted to her first love.</p><p>She lives in London with her husband, three children, one angelic cat and one demonic cat, though she secretly yearns for a dog. If you fly into Gatwick and look hard enough, you will see her furiously scribbling in her garden office, where she is working on her next story.</p>