Reema Rao-Patel is a writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Witness Magazine, The Lumiere Review, Flash Frog, Popshot Quarterly, Moot Point Magazine & elsewhere. Her story "First Summer" was longlisted for The Masters Review 2022 Summer Short Story Award. She has received support from American Short Fiction, Key West Literary Seminar, Chicago Asian Writers Workshop, and the Fine Arts Work Center in conjunction with Kundiman. She lives in Chicago, where she spends her time working on her short story collection, reading fiction for Split Lip Magazine, and trying to teach her dog to roll over.