Leila S. Chudori is an Indonesian author and female journalist. She worked at TEMPO news magazine from 1989 to 2017. Leila is the author of several anthologies of short stories, two novels, TV and film scripts. Her novel Pulang (Home), also translated into English by John H. McGlynn, won the Khatulistiwa Literary Award in 2013 and was included as one of the 75 Notable Translations of 2015 by World Literature Today. Pulang was also translated into French, German, Dutch and Italian.