Tarini Desai (born 22 December 1935) is Gujarati short story writer from Gujarat, India.

Her short story Kabaro Pan Chali Shake Chhe was anthologized by Radheshyam Sharma in 1975.

[1] Pag Bolta Lage Chhe (1984) was her first collection of fifteen short stories.

Raja Maharaja Je (1992) has fourteen short stories centered around subject of "illusion".

Tarinibahen Desai ni Shreshtha Vartao is a collection of her selected stories.