A well-known name in Odia literature, Yashodhara Mishra has published 15 books including short stories, novels, poems and translated works. Translated into most Indian and a few foreign languages, some of her works are placed in significant literary anthologies. She has received the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award, Katha Award ( New Delhi), Odisha Book Fair Award and Amrutayana Samman among many others. A Ph.D. in American Literature, she has been a Professor of English in Madhya Pradesh. She is th