Kavita Ganness has a BA Degree in Communication Studies and Literatures in English (Double Major) and a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. She has published two books, Emerald Journey – A Collection of Poems and The Aloo-Pie Man and Other Stories. She is not only a literary artist but a teacher and a visual artist as well.
She has been a participant in The Cropper Foundation’s 8th Residential Creative Writers’ Workshop in Balandra, Trinidad, with Dr. Funso Aiyejina and Dr. Merle Hodge. She has also mentored with renowned writers such as Earl Lovelace, Dr. Monique Roffey, and Professor Emeritus of Literature Mervyn Morris in Jamaica.
Her writing has been published in esteemed publications such as The Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, The Caribbean Writer, Moko Magazine and Poui: The Cave Hill Journal of Creative Writing.