Pallavi Wakharkar is a writer living in Los Angeles. Her debut novel, HOUSESITTING, is forthcoming in summer 2027 from Flatiron Books in the US and W&N in the UK.

Selected work:

Simple Animal,” The Iowa Review, winner of 2021 The Iowa Review Award in fiction, Distinguished in 2022 Best American Short Stories

On Live,” The Southern Review (interview here)

A Gift,” Joyland Magazine

Sunscald,” swamp pink

Contact:

Danya Kukafka, Trellis Literary Management (agent)

Sanjana Seelam, William Morris Endeavor (film/TV rights)

wakharkarp @ gmail.com