Kavyta (pronounced ka-vee-ta) is a London-based writer of speculative fiction and creative non-fiction, drawn to South Asian diasporic history, myth and ecology.

Her short story Back and Forth won the Harper’s Bazaar UK Short Story Competition in June 2026. Another short story, It Doesn’t Say Which Wilderness, was shortlisted and performed at the Ghosted Ink Horror Slam, themed Forest of the Cosmos.

She is currently writing a romantasy rooted in Vedic cosmology, alongside a graphic novel set within the history of Indian indentureship.

She has also published two academic monographs and holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds.