Gracy (writer)

{{Short description|Indian Malayalam writer}}

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Gracy is a Malayalam author.{{cite book |title=Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India |last=Natarajan |first=Nalini |author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson |pages=198–199 |year=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-28778-7 }} Her first collection of short stories, Padiyirangippoya Parvati, was published in 1991.{{cite book |title=Growing up as a woman writer |last=Jain |first=Jasbir |page=352 |year=2007 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-2547-3 }} Her awards include the Lalithambika Antharjanam Award (1995), the Thoppil Ravi Award (1997), the Katha Prize for the Best Malayalam Short Story (1998) and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2000).{{cite book |title=Katha prize stories, Volume 8 |last=Dharmarajan |first=Geeta |page=305 |year=1998 |publisher=Katha Books |isbn=978-81-85586-85-4 }} Her major works are Narakavaathil, Randu Swapna Darsikal, Kaveriyude Neru, Eezbu Penkathakal, Panikkannu and a collection, Gracyude Kathakal. Her stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Tamil and Oriya. She was the head of the Malayalam department, Al-Ameen college, Edathala, Aluva.

Her story, ‘Baby Doll’, is barring the melodramatic laments of a mother who wants to lock her daughter away from reality.{{Cite web|first=Latha |last=Anantharaman |location=New Delhi|date=14 May 2021|title=Book review: 'Baby Doll' by Gracy|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20210524-book-review-baby-doll-by-gracy-1802653-2021-05-14|access-date=2021-10-02|website=India Today|language=en}}