Swati Joshi Phatak was born in Lucknow, grew up in Indore. Though a graduate in science and later studied Masters in business administration, she always had a penchant for humanities and fine arts. She has performed in a few plays in All India Radio, Indore. In later years she wrote stories, poetries, articles and directed a couple of street plays depicting contemporary issues related to women. She is a self- taught artist and has many group-shows and a solo show of paintings to her credit, held in the prestigious art galleries of Delhi, Goa and Indore. Her artworks are in collection with many art lovers. Her first book ‘Anaya’, an anthology of short stories in Hindi, was published in 2022, that was appreciated by the readers.