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Sushma Joshi (Nepali: सुष्मा जोशी) (born May 26, 1973) is a Nepali writer and filmmaker based in Kathmandu, Nepal.End of the World, her book of short stories, was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in 2009. "The Prediction" was published in 2013. Art Matters, a book of essays about contemporary art, was supported by the Alliance Francaise De Katmandou.Her non-fiction reportage has appeared in Utne Reader, Ms. Magazine, ZNet, Irrawaddy Magazine, Himal South Asia, Bertelsmann Future Challenges, The Kathmandu Post, Nation Weekly magazine and other publications. In 2004, she was part of the staff at the Nation Weekly Magazine (Kathmandu.)Since 1997, Joshi has worked and consulted with international organizations working in social change and human rights, including the Harvard School of Public Health (Harvard University), UNDP, UNICEF, Integrated Center for Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Chemonics/USAID, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and others.