Bharti Kirchner

Bharti Kirchner is the author of twelve books--eight critically acclaimed novels and four cookbooks and hundreds of short pieces for magazines and newspapers. Her essays have appeared in eleven anthologies, the most recent being What to Read in the Rain. Her latest novel, Murder at Andaman, is due out in December 2020.

Bharti's previous novels include Season of Sacrifice: A Maya Mallick Mystery, Goddess of Fire, Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries, Darjeeling, Sharmila's Book, Tulip Season, and Shiva Dancing and cookbooks include Indian Inspired and The Bold Vegetarian. She has written for Food & Wine, Vegetarian Times, Writer's Digest, The Writer, Fitness Plus, Northwest Travel, and The Seattle Times. Her highly-praised short story was selected for the anthology, Seattle Noir and later also included in USA Noir.

HONORS & AWARDS- Bharti has won the prestigious 2020 SALA Award, a VCCA (Virginia center for the Creative Arts) Fellowship, several 4-Culture Literature Awards, a City Artist's Project Award,two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants, two Artist Trust literature grants, and has twice been a Fellow of Jack Straw Productions. She has been honored as a Living Pioneer Asian American Author.

She is a popular speaker at writer's conferences nationwide.