Gayathri Prabhu is the author of four novels, a memoir, a study of B&W cinema, and a novella in prose poetry: 'Love in Seven Easy Steps' (Magic Mongrel, 2021), 'Shadow Craft: Visual Aesthetics of Black and White Hindi cinema' (Bloomsbury, 2021), 'Vetaal and Vikram' (HarperCollins, 2019), 'If I Had to Tell It Again' (HarperCollins, 2017), 'The Untitled' (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins, 2016), 'Birdswim Fishfly' (Rupa, 2006) and Maya (Indialog, 2003). She teaches literary studies at the Manipal Centre for Humanities.