Aashna Avachat is a YA author from Berkeley, California and a student at Harvard Law School. She's passionate about uplifting marginalized voices in publishing and supporting creators of color. When she’s not writing, she’s probably reading on a sunny patch of grass, going on long walks to grocery stores, or being cozy with one of her many foster kittens.

 

Aashna is the author of LOVE CRAVES CARDAMOM, a YA romcom from Electric Postcard Entertainment's Love In Translation series, out from Penguin Random House/Joy Revolution in Spring 2025 (pre-order here!), and the editor of STUDY BREAK, a YA college anthology from Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan (out now!) Her debut dark academia murder mystery MISCHIEF GIRLS comes out in Fall 2026 (Random House/Delacorte), and her second romantic comedy HOW TO FAKE A LOVE STORY IN 15 DAYS comes out in Winter 2027 (Penguin Workshop).