Intan Paramaditha is an Indonesian writer now based in Sydney. She is the acclaimed author of
two short story collections Sihir Perempuan (2005) and Kumpulan Budak Setan (2010 with Eka
Kurniawan and Ugoran Prasad) from which the stories of Apple and Knife are drawn as well as
the novel The Wandering (2017). Her fiction writings have received awards in Indonesia
including the Kompas Best Short Story Award Tempo Best Literary Fiction of the Year and
Khatulistiwa Literary Awards shortlist. She holds a PhD from New York University and teaches
Media and Film Studies at Macquarie University.
