Chaya Nautiyal Murali

Chaya Murali is a pediatric geneticist and personal essayist living in Houston. Her work has appeared in Crack the Spine and Entropy, and her essay Bits and Pieces was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2012. She attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference in 2018. Chaya writes about identity, inheritance, family, and genetics. She loves cooking, hates cilantro, and can be found musing on food and culture at instagram.com/akkashouse