​​​Namrata Verghese is a PhD candidate in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University, and a JD candidate at Stanford Law School.

She has published across genres, including peer-reviewed journal articles, op-eds in Teen Vogue, criticism in The Los Angeles Review of Books and The Millions, poems in Tin House and Hobart, prose in Catapult and World Literature Today, and a chapbook from Speaking Tiger Books. ​​​

She lives in San Francisco with her partner, a very energetic puppy, and a curmudgeonly cat. She is represented by Ashley Lopez at Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents. ​