Appa Pillai

Vidhya Subramaniam born in 1957. She was introduced in Mangaiyar Malar through a story Mudhal Konal in 1982. She has written more than 100 short stories and novels. She has got lots of rewards in her 27 years of career. Rewards like Anandhachari Arakattalai Virudhu for her essay Thennang Kaatru, Tamilnadu government award for her Vanathil Oru Maan short stories, Bharat State Bank's first prize for her Aagayam Arugil Varum essays, Kovai Lilly Deivasigamani Virudhu for her Kanniley Anbirunthal short stories. Beyond the Frontier has her outstanding short stories which are translated to english. Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction also has her 2 short stories.

A theatre actor writer director for 50 years in Tamil stage Having penned over 20 dramas for TV AIR and Stage He has also acted in over 3000 stage shows A Television and AIR artiste since the 70s has and also acted in many popular TV serials A bank officer by profession took early retirement to pursue his ardent passion for theatre. He has also produced many Telefilms for the direct to home segment.

Presently producing Audiobooks of classical novels of popular writers like Ponniyin Selvan, Kadalpura, Sivagamiyin Sabatham, Parthiban Kanavu, etc. His audiobooks are unique in the making. A dramatic rendering of the novels with each character played by different artiste and includes music score and surround sound effects A magazine wrote that these are cinema without a camera These audiobooks are boon to Visually challenged people and who can not read Tamil.

The future generation are keen to listen to this and learn about our culture and history. This also helps in preserving our literary treasures.

He has a few short stories to his credit and writes Humour articles in facebook.