John Elamatha is an Indo-Canadian author short story writer and novelist in the South-Indian language of Malayalam. John was born in 1944, in the village of Kadapra Mannar, in the southern state of Kerala, India. His published works include: Anyway, Your Wife Is Nice, Buddhan, The journey, Valley of the Immortals, Socrates, and Marco polo, one of them published in English also--The Buddha. John has also published a collection of short stories and two plays. His literary awards include Indo-German Cultural Award, Fokana Sanjayan Award, Canadian Counsel of south Asian Award.