Monisha Mitchell is an Indiana-based writer and trauma therapist whose fiction explores the psychological, spiritual, and social forces that shape human behavior. Born into an interfaith and multiracial family, she developed an early and enduring sensitivity to identity, belonging, and the complexity of human experience—themes that animate her work with emotional precision.
Mitchell holds degrees in Criminal Justice, Public Management, and Social Work from Indiana University. For more than two decades, her professional work has centered on making space for people’s stories and helping them make meaning of their lives through trauma-informed psychotherapy, including narrative therapy. This foundation gives her fiction uncommon psychological realism, emotional depth, and insight into the fragile boundaries between identity, faith, and the systems that shape our lives.
Before writing Vestiges, her debut novel, Mitchell contributed to several publications, including Indianapolis Moms Blog, and was recognized by USA TODAY Storytellers. Her writing reflects a unique convergence of clinical insight, lived experience, and literary imagination.
An active member of the literary community, Mitchell participates in multiple book clubs and has served for four years on the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library Foundation Board, supporting literacy, lifelong learning, and community engagement. Through both her therapeutic work and her fiction, she is committed to illuminating the stories people survive and are transformed by.
