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SWATHI
DESAI
WRITER
BIO
BIO
Swathi Desai was born in India and raised in California. A graduate of the Wharton School and FIDM San Francisco, she has worked as a designer and creative director in the fashion and home accessories industry since the mid 1990s. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.
WRITING
WRITING
May 2021
November 2020
October 2020
June 2020
June 2007
2007
"Loneliness", in Something That Matters Anthology, Harwood Press
RECOGNITION
RECOGNITION
March 2023
"An Offering to the Gods", Novel Excerpt
Finalist, Disquiet International Literary Contest Fiction Category
March 2022
"Different Wells Within", Novel Excerpt
Longlist, Disquiet International Literary Contest Fiction Category
November 2020
"I Am Not Your Indian"
Shortlist, Hippocampus Magazine, Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction
November 2020
"Lady: Part 1"
Semifinalist, Chestnut Review's Stubborn Writers Contest, Short Fiction Category
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