Olivia Chadha

- YA/Children's
- Fiction
Olivia Kaur Chadha began her writing career with a stint in Los Angeles writing comic book scripts for Michael Turner’s Fathom. Her debut adult novel, Balance of Fragile Things, is a literary novel that centers on a multiethnic family (Punjabi Sikh/Latvian) who come together during a climate catastrophe. Her YA debut, Rise Of The Red Hand: The Mechanists Series (Erewhon Books 2021) is a sci-fi series set in a future climate ravaged South Asian landscape. Olivia has a PhD in creative writing from Binghamton University and a master's in creative writing from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research centers on exile, folklore and fairy tales, and the environment. She is first-generation American of Punjabi Sikh and Latvian/German descent and lives in Colorado with her family and two very odd dogs. www.oliviachadha.com