Ashwini Shenoy is an Indian author best known for her debut novel, Shikhandini - Warrior Princess of the Mahabharata (Leadstart, 2019) which received critical acclaim worldwide, with its Tamil version released by Swasam in 2024. Her other novels are Gift of Life (2021) and In the Golden Mountains (2024). Her experimental short stories have been published in numerous national and international magazines like Kitaab, MeanPepperVine and Sahitya Akademi journal.