Mona Dash writes fiction and poetry. She is the author of Let Us Look Elsewhere (Dahlia Books, 2021), A Roll of the Dice : a story of loss, love and genetics (Linen Press, UK, 2019), Untamed Heart (Tara India Research Press 2016) and three collections of poetry; Dawn-drops (Writer’s Workshop 2001), A certain way (Skylark Publications UK, 2017) and her most recent publication, Map of the Self (Linen Press, 2025). She has a Masters in Creative Writing (with distinction) from the London Metropolitan University. Mona was awarded a Poet of Excellence award in the House of Lords in 2016.  Her work has been published widely in journals such as Muse India, Kavya Bharati, The Lake, Setu, Episteme, LakeView International, Apocrypha and Abstractions, 3Elements and in anthologies such as Look Away Now, Skeins, Tabula Rasa, Converse, Kali Project, In the Kitchen, to name some.

Mona has also participated in readings in prestigious venues such as Lauderdale House, Nehru Centre, the House of Lords, National Poetry Library, South Bank, Library, Yurt Café in London; and in literary festivals in the UK such as SouthBank, Durham, Rochdale and Wolverhampton Literature festivals.

Mona won the Asian Writer 2018 short story competition for her short story Formations.  Her short story collection Let us look elsewhere was published in the Best British Anthology and performed by the Word Theatre.

She is a member of The Whole Kahani, an award-winning British South Asian Writers’ Collective. Their anthologies include Love Across a Broken Map (Dahlia Publishing UK), May We Borrow Your Country and Tongues and Bellies (Linen Press UK).

Mona is also a Telecoms Engineer, holds an MBA and works full time in a global technology organisation.

Originally from India, she lives in London.

She is represented by Portobello Literary.