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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. In 2025, she won a Whiting Nonfiction Grant to continue research on the book.

As a journalist, Raksha has reported stories of environmental justice, colonial legacy, and "progress" for The New York Times, VICE, The Guardian, Outside, WIRED, and High Country News, where she was also a contributing editor. Her essays and commentary appear in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Guernica, Hazlitt, The Washington Post, and LitHub, among others. Raksha has received fellowships and support from UCross, Storyknife, Mesa Refuge, Willapa Bay, 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 featuring her new work, class offering and other musings.