Purvi Shah is a writer and social justice activist, known for her work to enable language access and advocacy for immigrant survivors of violence.

[4][5][6] Her debut collection, Terrain Tracks, won the Many Voices Project prize and was nominated for the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Members’ Choice Award in 2007.

[7] Of Miracle Marks, Seema Reza wrote for The Kenyon Review, "Shah traces the links of the chains that bound and continue to bind Indian women into submission and exclusion...

"[8] She has consulted with the Center for Court Innovation and the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, and authored the 2017 report, "Seeding Generations: New Strategies Towards Services for People who Abuse.

[13][14] Her honors include winning the inaugural SONY South Asian Excellence Award for Social Service in 2008 for her work to end violence against women.