Amrita Mahale was born in Mumbai and grew up in five cities across India. Milk Teeth, her first novel, was published by Westland Context to widespread acclaim in 2018 and was longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature. It was also shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award for Fiction. She was trained as an aerospace engineer at IIT Bombay and Stanford University.
Her hugely anticipated second novel, Real Life, is a multilayered and powerful story of female friendship, and is represented by A Suitable Agency.