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Our Mentors

Rheea Mukherjee
Rheea Mukherjee is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Adult
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Rheea Mukherjee
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Rheea Mukherjee’s Debut U.S novel (Pitchwars 2017 Manuscript) The Body Myth will be published by Unnamed Press in February 2019. Her first book, a collection of short stories, Transit for Beginners, was published by Kitaab in 2016. Her previous fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart and was a semi-finalist for the Black Lawrence Press award. She co-founded Bangalore Writers Workshop in 2012 and currently co-runs Write Leela Write, a Design and Content Laboratory in Bangalore. She’s represented by Stacy Testa at Writers House, NY.

Favorite Books

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
Seahorse by Janice Pariat
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag

Years Mentored
2018