Kavita A. Jindal is an award-winning Indian-British author who writes across genres. Her novel Manual For A Decent Life (Linen Press) won the Eastern Eye Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Prize. Her poetry publications are Patina, Raincheck Renewed and Raincheck Accepted. Her most recent publication is The Planet Spins On Its Axis, Regardless, a short story collection (Serving House Books). She is also an essayist and editor, and co-founder of The Whole Kahani collective for British writers of South Asian heritage. She explores traditional and contemporary cultures in her writing, across societies and political borders.
Kavita’s short stories and poems have appeared in anthologies and literary journals worldwide and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Zee TV UK and European radio stations. Selected poems have been translated into Arabic, German, Italian, Punjabi, Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian. Reviewers have said of her writing: “witty and wry, with a steely heart” and of the novel “the book’s boldness, beauty and courage are utterly seductive.” Kavita previously served as Senior Editor at Asia Literary Review. She has taught writing workshops in the UK and in Europe. She enjoys collaborating with other artists across a range of projects. www.kavitajindal.com