Author . Podcaster . Mentor
Stories with characters who are not quite home, not quite lost - searching for belonging.
An Onslaught of Light
A luminous, beautifully observed novel about the people we once were, and the people we can become – if only we're brave enough to try.
'Haunting and heartbreaking ... a powerful journey from alienation to connection, from loneliness to love, from darkness to light.'
Shankari Chandran, Miles Franklin winner
Natasha Rai
I am a writer and somatic counsellor. I am also the co-host of the Book Deal podcast, exploring writers’ publication journeys.
My debut novel, An Onslaught of Light, published by Pantera Press, was longlisted for the 2017 Richell Prize, 2018 KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award, and highly commended for the 2022 Ultimo Press/Westwords Prize.
My nonfiction appears in anthologies on gender violence. My short fiction appears in Mascara Literary Review, Overland, Verity La, and StylusLit.​