Chaya Bhuvaneswar is a practicing physician, writer, and PEN /American Robert W. Bingham Debut Fiction award finalist for her story collection White Dancing Elephants: Stories,
which was also selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Debut Fiction and Best
Short Story Collection and appeared on "best of" lists for Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Vogue India, and Entertainment Weekly. Her work has appeared in
The New York Times, Salon, The Sun, Narrative Magazine, Tin House,
Electric Literature, Kenyon Review, Masters Review, The Millions,
Joyland, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Awl, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships from MacDowell, Community of Writers, and Sewanee Writers Workshop.
