Atima Srivastava is a British diasporic writer and one of the first well-known representatives of the British Asian romantic genre (Upstone 82–100). Born in 1961 in Mumbai, India, Srivastava immigrated to London in 1969. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Essex in 1983. From 1985 to 1999, she trained and worked as a film editor. As an author, researcher, and director, she has directed several television documentaries.