A person with dark hair sits on porch steps, wearing a striped shirt, denim skirt, white socks, and black shoes. They are looking at the camera with a relaxed expression. The house in the background is light-colored with dark window frames.

Malavika Kannan

Malavika Kannan (she/her) is a Gen Z Tamil-American writer. Her debut literary novel, Unprecedented Times, a queer campus novel taking place during the pandemic, is forthcoming from Henry Holt in 2026, and her YA coming-of-age novel, All the Yellow Suns, was released by Little & Brown in 2023. She also writes about race and gender for Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, The Emancipator, and elsewhere.