People Background
Olivia Chadha

Olivia Chadha PhD MA, BA

Genre Fiction Concentration Faculty

Contact Information

ochadha@western.edu
Remote

Academic Divisions

Graduate Program in Creative Writing

Functional Areas

Graduate Program in Creative Writing Genre Fiction – Creative Writing

Biography

Olivia writes science fiction, fantasy, comic books, and literary novels for MG, YA, and adult audiences. She has a Ph.D. in literature and creative writing and her research centers on the history of exile, India’s Partition, precarious borders and boundaries, global folklore and fairy tales, and the relationship between humans, machines and the environment.
BALANCE OF FRAGILE THINGS is her debut adult literary novel. RISE OF THE RED HAND, her YA debut, was awarded the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature. Book two of The Mechanists Series, FALL OF THE IRON GODS was released April 2024 and is a finalist for a Locus Award. She is a contributor to the YA folk horror anthology THE GATHERING DARK (Page Street), the desi anthology MAGIC HAS NO BORDERS (HarperTeen), and the STAR WARS anthology, Return of the Jedi: From A Certain Point of View.
She lives in Colorado with her family, a large comic book collection and Star Wars memorabilia. In her free time, she is an amateur naturalist and gardener.
PhD, Binghamton University SUNY, Creative Writing & Literature, 2009
MA in English and Creative Writing, University of Colorado Boulder, 2005
BA in Literature & Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1998

Publications:

  • BALANCE OF FRAGILE THINGS
  • RISE OF THE RED HAND
  • FALL OF THE IRON GODS
  • THE GATHERING DARK
  • MAGIC HAS NO BORDERS
  • Return of the Jedi: From A Certain Point of View