A native of Coorg, one the most beautiful hill stations in India. For the past 10 years Shanthi has been working in railways as a Nursing sister. She has written many short stories which have appeared in various literary
magazines of kannada out of which one has been translated into Malayalam. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled ‘Manasu abhisaarike’ was published in the year 2016. She has won Chanda pusthaka bahumana (2015) ,Gowramma Datti Nidhi Prashasthi, Dr H Shantharam Prashasthi and Kendra sahitya academy yuva puraskar 2016.
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- Bangalore Lit Fest 2017
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- Abdul Rasheed, Vikram Hatvar, Karki Krishnamurthy, Shanthi Appanna at Bangalore Lit Fest 2017
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- Bangalore Lit Fest 2017
