Kiran Bhat is an Indian-American author, traveller, and polyglot. He is known as the author of we of the forsaken world...but has published books in five different languages, and has had his writing published in journals, such as The Caravan, Outlook India, The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, The Brooklyn Rail, Asymptote, 3:AM Magazine, SOFTBLOW, and many others. He has been to 150 countries, lived in 25 cities and speaks 12 languages and currently lives in Mumbai.

Kiran Bhat's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises one translation.