Eva Acharya

About Eva

Eva is a teacher moonlighting as a writer. When she’s not making lesson plans and teaching resources, she is working on her manuscripts, be they novels or scripts. She holds two web novel awards, was a semi-finalist in WE Screenplay Diverse Voices 2021 and a quarter-finalist in The Script Lab Screenplay Contest 2021. For her, writing isn’t a hobby, but a pursuit of happiness. Eva is actively working on manuscripts she’d like to query and screenplays she’d like to make. Her personal experience influences her stories as a first-generation immigrant.

Hey hey,

It’s me, Eva. You’ve dropped by my website to see what I’m about and I’m so glad you’re here. I’ve spent a good portion of my time wondering what I can write here to entice you to follow me and my writing journey, and the answer is, I have no clue. But, I recently read a post someone shared, and it read, “Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New.” So here goes. I suck at this, but I’m being brave.

This is me.

“Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New.”
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I grew up in Nepal for the first decade of my life, then hopped over to Australia via a scenic route (New Zealand), and here I’ve stayed. I’m both a Nepali and an Aussie at heart, and I speak Nepalish fluently. I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in countries where reading books (other than academic) was encouraged. Thank God for that, because it’s how I fell into writing, discovering there were novels out there, stories all made up, and it was something I could do if I wanted? Priceless.

I write whatever story calls to me, but I mostly dabble in adult contemporary romance/romcom, YA Sci-Fi, and family-friendly fantasies inspired by fairytales or Hindu myths and legends that I grew up with.

I’m passionate about representing my people (Nepali) in the stories I write, which are infused with my experience growing up straddling two cultures, two identities.

You can find me on X (feels weird not to call it Twitter) and Instagram, where I mostly flay but I’m trying to be brave there as well. So come, say hello!

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