Vauhini Vara

Vauhini Vara is a journalist covering the relationships among those who influence and are influenced by technology creation — investors, executives, workers, users. Her first nonfiction book, Searches, was published in 2025. She is also the author of the story collection This is Salvaged and the novel The Immortal King Rao, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Vara began her career at the Wall Street Journal and later launched and edited the business section of the New Yorker’s website. She has also edited for The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine. She is currently a contributing writer at Businessweek and also contributes to other publications, including The New York Times and Wired. Vara’s journalism has been honored by the Asian American Journalists Association, the International Center for Journalists, the McGraw Center for Business Journalism, and others. She mentors writers working on book-length projects at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Book Project. She can be reached through her website or on Signal at @vauhinivara.82.