Born and raised in India, Rati Mehrotra now lives and writes in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of the Asiana duology, Markswoman and Mahimata, and the YA fantasy novels Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove and Flower and Thorn. Her stories have been shortlisted for The Sunburst Award, nominated for The Aurora Award, and have appeared in multiple venues including The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed Magazine, and Uncanny Magazine.