Anukrti Upadhyay

Anukrti Upadhyay writes fiction and poetry in both English and Hindi. Her English works, twin novellas Daura and Bhaunri and her debut novel Kintsugi have been published by 4th Estate imprint of Harpercollins in India . Kintsugi was the winner of the prestigious Sushila Devi Award for best work of fiction written by a woman author in 2020. Her Hindi works, a short story collection, Japani Sarai, and novel Neena Aunty, have been published by Rajpal and Sons. Her writings have appeared widelyin Scroll.in, Kitaab.sg, The Bombay Review, The Bangalore Review, The Bilingual Window and others.

Anukrti holds a post-graduate degrees in Management and Literature, and a graduate degree in Law. She has worked for global investment banks, Goldman Sachs and UBS, in senior positions and now works with Wildlife Conservation Trust. She divides her time between Mumbai and the rest of the world and when not counting trees and birds, she can be found ingratiating herself with every cat and dog in the vicinity.