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Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Rajapakse Konara Mudiyanselage Bilesha Yudhanjaya Bandara Wijeratne (born November 1992) is a Sri Lankan science fiction author, activist and researcher, classified as part of a new wave of South Asian science fiction writers. His work has appeared in ''Wired'', ''Foreign Policy'' and ''Slate''. His novel ''The Salvage Crew'' has been lauded as one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2020.

He is noted for being a proponent of human-AI collaboration in fiction as well as being the co-founder of Watchdog, a fact-checking organization founded partly to counter misinformation in the wake of state propaganda and inaction. Wijeratne is the second Sri Lankan to be nominated for a Nebula Award since Arthur C. Clarke and was selected by ''Forbes'' as one of 2021's 30 under 30. Provided by Wikipedia