Saskya Jain grew up in New Delhi. Her first novel, Fire Under Ash (Penguin Random House, 2014), was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt Prize. Her second novel, Geeta Rahman at Championship Point (Simon & Schuster, 2021), was nominated for the Times of India AutHer Award and the Tata Literature Live Book of the Year Award. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, most recently in Intelligent Life, The Economist, DIE ZEIT and The Caravan. Her most recent writing residency was at Hedgebrook. She has taught creative writing and literature at Hong Kong University, Grinnell College and Dartmouth College.