Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Indian parents who had been living in Ireland, and holds Irish citizenship; the family moved to New Delhi when she was six, and she was raised and educated there before later settling in the south of England. She has written and curated eight bestselling volumes of poetry, many reworking myths and fairy tales, and is one of the most-followed poets on Instagram. Her novel-in-verse Hekate, the first book in her chthonic gods trilogy retelling the myth of the Greek goddess of witchcraft, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her writing has also appeared in the Guardian, BBC Radio 4 and Marie Claire.