Tanushree Baidya

Discipline: Fiction/Nonfiction Writing

Based In: Cambridge, MA

Year at Millay: 2024

Awards/Honors: Fellow, The Baldwin Fellowship Program, Baldwin For The Arts (2024–2025); Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest, Winning Writers, Northampton, MA (2018); Fellow, Kweli Fellowship Program, Kweli, New York, NY (2018).

Website: https://www.tanushreebaidya.com/

Tanushree Baidya is a transnational writer from India. Her work has been featured in WBUR, Kweli Journal, Pangyrus, Creative Nonfiction, Hypertext Magazine, New Pages, and The Florida Review, among others. With an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College, Tanushree has been recognized with fellowships from prestigious programs including Baldwin For The Arts program, The DISQUIET International Literary Program (Lisbon), Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, Yale Writer’s Workshop, Vermont Studio Center, GrubStreet, The Mae Fellowship, and Kweli. She lives in Cambridge, Masachusetts with her partner and two cats and is working on her first novel.

In her parallel life, Tanushree is a continuous improvement specialist in the healthcare industry. She holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering and an MBA from Northeastern University.