Abha Dawesar

Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974) is an Indian-born novelist and visual artist writing in English. She is known for writing about themes of sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Dawesar was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts fiction fellowship and has won numerous awards for her fiction, with her 2005 novel Babyji winning both the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award. She currently lives in New York City.