Rushi Vyas is the author of the poetry collection When I Reach for Your Pulse (Otago University Press and Four Way Books, 2023) and co-author with Rajiv Mohabir of the chapbook Between Us, Not Half a Saint. Rushi’s work has been published across North America and Aotearoa New Zealand. He currently lives in Te Rotopāteke in Ōtepoti Dunedin.