Shinie has written short-story books. ‘Barefoot and Pregnant’, ‘The Orphanage For Words’, and novels, ‘When Mira Went Forth’ and ‘Multiplied, A Kingdom for his Love’. She has compiled the anthologies ‘Why We Don’t Talk’, ‘An Unsuitable Woman’ and ‘Boo: 13 Stories That Will Send a Chill Down Your Spine’. She is the cCo-founder of the Bangalore Literature Festival and director of the Bengaluru Poetry Festival. Her story ‘A Dog’s Death’ won the Commonwealth Short Story Asia prize in 2003. ‘The Girl Who Couldn’t Love’ is her latest novel.