Uttama Kirit Patel

Uttama Kirit Patel is an author and editor from Abu Dhabi who provokes the ordinary through storytelling. She has been a semi-finalist in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest and was nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Shape of an Apostrophe is her debut novel, and her work has been featured in The Tribune, Vogue, BBC, LitHub, Times of India and Wasafiri, amongst others. Uttama is an adoptive mother, an ex-resident of over a dozen cities across continents, and the founder of South Asian Parent magazine. She holds an MPhil in Psychology from the University of Cambridge.

Uttama Kirit Patel adalah seorang penulis dan editor dari Abu Dhabi yang memprovokasi hal biasa melalui bercerita. Dia telah menjadi semi-finalist dalam Raymond Carver Short Story Contest dan dinominasikan untuk PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Shape of an Apostrophe adalah novel debutnya, dan karyanya telah ditampilkan di The Tribune, Vogue, BBC, LitHub, Times of India dan Wasafiri, di antara lainnya. Uttama adalah seorang ibu angkat, mantan penghuni lebih dari selusin kota di berbagai benua, dan pendiri majalah South Asian Parent. Dia memegang gelar MPhil dalam Psikologi dari University of Cambridge.