A. W. Prihandita (she/her) is a Nebula Award-winning author of speculative fiction. She splits her time between the U.S., where she pursued her graduate studies, and Indonesia, where she grew up and where her home remains. She attended the Odyssey workshop in 2023 on their Fresh Voices Scholarship, and the Clarion workshop in 2024 on their Octavia Butler Scholarship. Her stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Uncanny, Cast of Wonders, The Dark, and khōréō, among others. Besides the Nebula Award win, her story has also been a finalist in the Ignyte and Eugie Awards. After earning a Ph.D. in language and rhetoric from the University of Washington, she is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) at the University of Maryland, College Park.