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Neha Dixit is an independent journalist and author based in New Delhi. For over two decades, she has reported on politics, gender, labor, and social justice in South Asia, producing investigative, narrative, and long-form journalism for Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Caravan, The Wire, and others. Her work has exposed extrajudicial killings, hate crimes, human trafficking, unethical clinical trials, and sectarian majoritarian violence. She has won over a dozen national and international awards, including the International Press Freedom Award (2019), the Chameli Devi Jain Award (2017), and the Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism (2011). Her debut book, The Many Lives of Syeda X (Juggernaut), traces 30 years in the life of a migrant Muslim woman navigating Delhi’s informal labor economy, holding over 50 jobs without minimum wage. The book, a vivid portrait of urban India’s invisible workforce, was named Book of the Year 2024 by The Hindu and Deccan Herald. It won the Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman and Kalinga Best Debut Award and a Special Jury Mention by the CG Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing.