Jenny Bhatt

Jenny Bhatt is a writer, literary translator, and literary critic. She is the host of the Desi Books podcast. She teaches creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas. Her short story collection, Each of Us Killers, will be out on September 8, 2020 from 7.13 Books. Her literary translation of Gujarati short story writer Dhumketu’s best short fiction will be out in late-2020. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in various venues in the US, UK, and India, including The Atlantic, NPR, BBC, Washington Post, Literary Hub, Longreads, Poets & Writers, The Millions, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Kenyon Review, PopMatters, Scroll.in,, and more. Her fiction has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and the 2017 Best American Short Stories. She was a finalist for the 2017 Best of the Net anthology. Having lived and worked her way around India, England, Germany, Scotland, and various parts of the US, she now lives in a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Find her at jennybhattwriter.com.