Kavi Yaga Author

Kavi Yaga lives in Hyderabad, India. The Vanishings was selected by Kaveh Akbar as The George Garrett Fiction Prize: Judge's Choice. Her travel memoir, Walking in Clouds (HarperCollins) was nominated for the "AutHer"Award and recognized by Condé Nast Traveler, India—and still ranks #3 in its "Amazon.in's" category. Co-compiler and co-author of the anthology Work, Wisdom, Legacy: 31 Essays from India (Orient Blackswan 2025), a 2023 Yaddo Residency Fellow, and recipient of the Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction's 2nd-Place Award selected by Matt Bell, Yaga's stories and essays have appeared in One Story, Swamp Pink, River Teeth Journal, and elsewhere.