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​Born in India and raised in Canada, Raksha Vasudevan is a journalist and former aid worker. Her debut nonfiction book, EMPIRES BETWEEN US, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press and Knopf Canada.

As a journalist, Raksha has reported on issues of race, environmental justice, and "progress" for The New York Times, VICE, The Guardian, Outside, and High Country News, where she is also a contributing editor. Her essays and commentary on colonial legacy and family estrangement appear in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Guernica, Hazlitt, The Washington Post, and LitHub, among others. Her work has been nominated for a Canadian National Magazine Award, two Pushcart Prizes, a Best of the Net award and listed as "Notable" in Best American Essays 2020 and 2021. Raksha has received fellowships and support from Ragdale, UCross, Storyknife, Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Writers' Trust of Canada.

She lives in Denver with her partner and dog. She writes an occasional newsletter on solidarity, journalism, and whatever else strikes her fancy.