Uma Parameswaran was born in India and lives in Canada. Her publications include the award-winning What Was Always Hers (short stories), The Sweet Smell of Mother's Milk-Wet Bodice (novella), Mangoes on the Maple Tree (novel), A CYCLE OF THE MOON (novel), Sisters at the Well (poems), and Riding High with Krishna and a Baseball Bat & Other Stories. She has also published a play, Rootless But Green Are the Boulevard Trees.