Sana Goyal

Sana Goyal is the Editor and Publishing Director of Wasafiri.

She has an MA in Postcolonial Studies and a PhD in literary prizes from SOAS, University of London. She was formerly Deputy Editor at Wasafiri, Publicity Manager at Tilted Axis Press, Marketing and Outreach Officer at Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, and has experience chairing book events and working with small arts organisations. Her reviews have appeared in The Guardian, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Poetry Review, Vogue India, and elsewhere. She was a judge for the 2022 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, and, most recently, the 2025 International Booker Prize.