Swetha Amit is a California-based author, an MFA graduate of the University of San Francisco, and a member of The Writers Grotto. Her work spans multiple genres and has appeared in more than 60 literary journals and publications, including Atticus Review, Bending Genres, Ghost Parachute, Maudlin House, Flash Fiction Magazine, and The Masters Review.

Deeply passionate about the craft of storytelling, Swetha is committed to learning from and engaging with writers from diverse backgrounds. She is the Director of the Rooted & Written Conference, the first tuition-free program taught by and for BIPOC writers in the United States.. She has conducted more than 40 author interviews, published in literary journals, that explore the creative processes, influences, and craft practices of contemporary writers. Her writing has received Pushcart Prize nominations in 2022, 2023, and 2025, as well as Best of the Net nominations in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Her work has also been nominated for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fiction in 2025. Her work was selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 in 2026 and was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 in 2024 and 2025. Her chapbook Mango Pickle in Summer was a finalist for the 2024 WTAW Alcove Chapbook Series and a semifinalist for The Florida Review’s Jean Memorial Award.

She is an alumna of the Tin House Writers Workshop, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Community of Writers, VONA Voices, Lit Camp, and Rooted & Written Fellowship. She is the Chairperson of the Grotto Lit Salon Reading Series and has also recently been featured on the BBC for her story titled ‘Dancing to Rasputin’.  She has written three chapbooks and the memoir A Turbulent Mind: My Journey to Ironman 70.3, which received recognition at the 2021 New York Book Festival and earned the Tagore Literary Award. Her writing explores resilience, identity, grief, human connection, and how unexpected experiences can reshape our understanding of ourselves.

 Swetha also has a BS, MS and MPhil in Psychology and has done creative non-fiction writing courses at Stanford University.