Antara Mukherjee

Antara Mukherjee is a writer based in Mumbai. Her work has appeared in Kitaab, Muse India, Sahitya Akademi, The Chakkar, Usawa Literary Review, The Alipore Post, Pine Cone Review, Madras Courier, Borderless Journal, and Yearbook of Indian Poetry (2021), among others. Her short story has been longlisted for the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She’s an alumna of the Kolam Writer’s Workshop, the Himalayan Emerging Writers Residency Program and has received mentorship from the Asian Women Writers’ programme. Beyond Our Births is her first novel. You can find her on X @antarawrites