Bhavika GovilBhavika Govil was born in New Delhi and dreams of the sea. A portion of her debut novel, Hot Water won the Pontas & JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize and was a finalist for the DHA New Writers'Open Week. The novel is being translated into other languages.
 
Bhavika's short fiction has won the Bound Short Story Prize, been shortlisted for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, and can be read in Wasafiri, Extra Teeth, Gutter, A Case of Indian Marvels and elsewhere. She holds a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh.

When she isn't writing, Bhavika teaches creative writing workshops online and in person. 

bhavikagovil.com
@bhavikagovil Read More Read Less