Arshia Sattar has a PhD from the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. Her PhD thesis was on Hanuman in Valmiki’s Ramayana. Her translations from Sanskrit of the Kathasaritsagara and the Valmiki Ramayana have been published by Penguin India as Tales from the Kathasaritsagara and The Ramayana of Valmiki. Penguin has also published her collection of essays, Lost Loves: Exploring Rama’s Anguish.

Arshia has also written two other books for children, Kishkinda Tails and Pampa Sutra both published by The Kishkinda Trust.