Sweta Srivastava Vikram (www.swetavikram.com) is an author, poet, blogger, and marketing professional living in New York. Born in India, Sweta spent her formative years between the blue waters of Libya and the green hills of Mussoorie, before arriving in bustling New York. She is a graduate of Columbia University in New York.

She has published a book of poetry, Pabulum. Her chapbook of poetry, Kaleidoscope: An Asian Journey of Colors, will be published in winter 2009. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in EGO Magazine, Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing, Tsar Publications, Mirage Books, Desijournal, Rangoli, Breadcrumb Scabs Magazine, Beckoning for Change, India Currents, India Currents, and Kala Kahani. She serves on the board of DesiLit.