Sweta Srivastava Vikram

My name is Sweta Srivastava Vikram (www.swetavikram.com). Featured by Asian Fusion as “One of the most influential Asians of our time,” I am an award-winning writer, Amazon bestselling author, novelist, poet, essayist, columnist, and educator. 
 
Born in India, I spent my formative years between India, North Africa, and the United States. I am the author of five chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a novel, and a nonfiction book. I also have two upcoming book-length collections of poetry in 2015 and 2017 respectively.
My work has also appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across nine countries in three continents. I have won three Pushcart Prize nominations, Queens Council on the Arts Grant for BYOB Program, an International Poetry Award, Best of the Net Nomination, Nomination for Asian American Members’ Choice Awards & Independent Literary Awards, and writing fellowships. And I have been invited two years in a row to read my work at the Immigrant Heritage Awards in NYC.
Brown Girl Magazine voted me as the Brown Girl of the month in 2013. 

A graduate of Columbia University, I live in New York City with my husband and teach creative writing across the globe & give talks on gender studies. I am also a digital marketing consultant. 

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