ABHIJITH RAVINUTALA

Author

Abhijith Ravinutala is an Indian-American writer based in Austin and a 2026 Writer’s League of Texas Fellow. For as long as he can remember, his favorite skill was telling stories, but it took him quite a while to try and make a career of it. As of July 2025, he quit his cushy corporate job to pursue becoming a full-time novelist. Let’s see how it goes.

His writing explores the intersections of culture, faith, and loss in immigrant identity. As a recovering tech consultant, he also has a great deal to say about the excesses of the Tech Age we’re living through.

Abhijith has been a finalist for the Nelson Algren Awards and the Missouri Review’s Editor’s Prize. His literary fiction is published or forthcoming in The Southern Review, Glimmer Train, The Chicago Tribune, CRAFT, The Masters Review, and others. He is currently working to publish a debut novel and collection of short stories.

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SELECTED FICTION (available online):

Glimmer Train Stories: “A Pothole for Sailaja” – Spring 2019 Issue

Chicago Tribune: “Definition(s)” – Finalist in 2019 Nelson Algren Award

CRAFT Literary: “Give and Take” – March 2026

The Masters Review: “Until She Says So” – Forthcoming June 2026 (an excerpt from the novel I’m working to publish)