Sharika Nair

About Sharika Nair

Sharika Nair wrote extensively for the digital media platform YourStory, where she covered women’s issues and wrote feature stories on entrepreneurs and successful women from various fields. Her story ‘The Silver Anklet’ won third prize in the 2018 Deccan Herald short story competition. She has authored a children's book titled Tara and the Quest for the Cursed Prince. Her short fiction has appeared in Borderless Journal and Kitaab and also found its home in several anthologies, including The Best Asian Short Stories 2023. Sharika is the winner of the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2023 in fiction. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in English Literature. She lives in Bangalore, and can be reached on her Twitter (X) handle - @sharikanair_k