Keya Mitra is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has won 9 major recognitions since 2024.

“A beautiful, brilliantly moving work… When I finished, I immediately returned to the beginning to read it again. I came away wanting to stay with this writer, in this world.”

- Safiya Sinclair, award-winning author of How to Say Babylon, a Memoir, in praise of “Bruised and Glorious,” winner of the 2024 Prairie Schooner summer essay contest.

“A beautiful, brilliantly moving work… When I finished, I immediately returned to the beginning to read it again. I came away wanting to stay with this writer, in this world.”

- Safiya Sinclair, award-winning author of How to Say Babylon, a Memoir, in praise of “Bruised and Glorious,” winner of the 2024 Prairie Schooner summer essay contest.