Anindita Ghose

Anindita Ghose is an Indian author, journalist, and editor based in Mumbai. Her debut novel, The Illuminated, was published in 2021 in India and internationally in 2023.

Biography
Ghose completed an MA in Linguistics from the University of Mumbai, as well as an MA in Arts & Culture Journalism from the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She began her career as a journalist at The Times of India. She later joined the editorial staff at Mint and then Vogue India, where she covered stories on art, books, and culture and living, before going on to edit the Saturday magazine, Mint Lounge. She lives in Madh Island, a fishing village along the Mumbai coastline.

Her debut novel The Illuminated was first published in the Indian subcontinent by 4th Estate HarperCollins and by Head of Zeus (Bloomsbury) internationally in 2023. It was described by Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman as ‘extraordinary’ and Peony Hirwani of The Independent picked Ghose as one of her nine best upcoming authors from India.

Her journalism has been published in The Guardian, The Caravan, The Hindu, Vogue, and Kinfolk among other places.