Mary Anne Amirthi Mohanraj (born July 26, 1971) is an American writer, editor, and academic of Sri Lankan birth.

Mohanraj was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, but moved to the United States at the age of two and grew up in New Britain, Connecticut.

Her parents, who had originally intended to return to Sri Lanka after a few years and were still considering the possibility for the future, planned in 1983 to send 12-year-old Mary Anne to live with her grandparents for a summer "to reconnect" with her homeland.

They saw women and children dragged from their homes, pulled from cars to be raped and killed in the street.

Whether I'm writing mainstream lit or fantasy or science fiction, I keep coming back to the war in Sri Lanka.

[2]Instead, Mohanraj attended Miss Porter's School and the University of Chicago and graduated with a degree in English Literature in 1993.

[6][7] Her novel-in-stories, Bodies in Motion, received an honorable mention from the 2007 Asian American Literary Awards and was named a USA Today notable book.

She has noted in interviews that she feels the complexity of such issues in her own life: "When people ask me what my identity is, I could say I'm Sri Lankan-American ...

[16] Mohanraj has had stories published in the Wild Cards science fiction shared universe edited by George R. R.

Martin.,[17] and has announced that she will have further stories in forthcoming Wild Cards anthologies Fort Freak, Lowball, Low Chicago, Joker Moon, and Three Kings.