Artist Roster

Chital Mehta is an award-winning South Asian writer whose stories center around motherhood, family dynamics, and immigration. She won the Boggs Fiction contest for her story, "Damaged Gifts," and her story "The Weight of Happiness" was a Finalist for The Pinch Literary Awards. Her novel, Have You Seen Romit?, was the winner of the 2025 James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel, judged by R. O. Kwon. She lives in Delaware with her husband and children. She is an alum of Tin House and VONA. She holds an MFA from Lindenwood University. Chital spent her 20s writing YA novels, which taught her a lot about finishing books.