Swati Sudarsan is a writer from Michigan. They are a 2026-2027 Steinbeck Fellow, and were a 2025 Asian American Writers' Workshop Margins Fellow, 2025 Periplus Fellow, and the recipient of the 2023 Bread Loaf Katharine Bakeless Nason Award. Their writing has additionally been supported by organizations such as Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Granum Prize, McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House), Kenyon Review, and more. Swati is represented by Mina Hamedi at Janklow & Nesbit.