Ms. Aditi Rao

Author of two full-length poetry collections and winner of several awards and fellowships, including the Hedgebrook Residency, the Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship, the TFA Creative Writing Award, the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize, and the Muse India Young Writer Award.My newest book, a collection of oral histories of women across India raised by single women, will be released by Harper Collins in 2026.Has been teaching creative and academic writing, one-on-one and in group settings since 2004.Teaches extensively online, mostly longer courses, and organizes shorter intensive retreats in the Himalayas.Her workshops typically combine writing craft with narrative therapy approaches.She also customises workshops for different settings, especially for the development sector.