Anahita Karthik (she/her) is the Indian, queer, and trilingual author of Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar, her debut YA road trip rom-com slated to release in 2026 with HarperTeen. She is a postgraduate creative writing student at the University of Cambridge specializing in screenwriting, a contributor for My Big, Fat, Desi Wedding anthology (Page Street and Hachette UK), and author of the #1 Amazon bestselling short story All I Have Left. When not reading or writing, she designs social media graphics, conducts publishing workshops, and mentors querying authors via SmoochPit. She is represented by the wonderful Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary. You can find her @ana_scribe everywhere.