Jegadeesh Kumar writes, both in English and Tamil, short stories, poems, and Eastern Philosophy. His work has appeared in The Prometheus Dreaming, Indian Periodical, Spillwords Press, The Defunct Magazine, Piker Press, Impspired magazine, Consequence and elsewhere. A Fine Thread and Other Stories - a short story collection in his translation has been published by Ratna Books India. Jegadeesh's second book of translation, A Journey Through Words received the Prestigious Iyal Award for translation from Canada Tamil Literary Garden, Toronto, Canada. He is currently working on translating a Tamil novel into English. A member of NSLS (National Society for Leadership and Success), he has won the Robert Noyce Educator scholarship to complete his Master's degree in STEM Education at the Citadel Military College of Charleston, SC. He lives in Walterboro, SC with his wife.