Lalita Noronha is a scientist, poet and writer. She is the author of a short story collection, Where Monsoons Cry which won the Maryland Literary Arts Award and two poetry books, Her Skin Phyllo-thin and Mustard Seed: A Collage of Science and Art Poetry. She has received three Maryland Individual Artist Awards in three different genres (poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction) and Pushcart Prize nominations in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction. She has been featured a few times on National Public Radio, and is an editor for the Baltimore Review.