Natasha Kochicheril Moni is a Pacific Northwest writer, storyteller, and naturopathic doctor. Of Dutch and Indian origin, Natasha's work often focuses on belonging. Author of The Cardiologist's Daughter (Two Sylvias Press, 2014), Lay Down Your Fleece (Shirt Pocket Press, 2017), Nearly (dancing girl press, 2018), and A Nation (Imagined) (Floating Bridge Press chapbook contest winner, 2018), Natasha's poems have been converted into song lyrics, taught as lessons on enjambment, and spun into writing prompts. Her creative nonfiction, fiction, and book reviews appear in journals including The Rumpus, Entropy (Best of 2017 Essays), Saranac Review, Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Verse Daily. Recently, her piece I'm Sorry I Accidentally Super Liked You on Bumble, but Now That I Have Your Attention When Does a Hill Become a Mountain was named a runner-up for the 2024 Sweet Lit flash essay contest. Finalist for prizes such as the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize, Best of the Net, and the Vincent Chin Memorial Prize, Natasha has enjoyed being a Summer
Visiting Artist at Mineral School, Jack Straw Writing Fellow, Hedgebrook resident,
​Puffin Foundation grant, and Artist Trust GAP grant recipient.

​In her decades of West Coast living, Natasha has embraced literary stewardship, supporting emerging writers through mentorship, creating/hosting a spoken word venue, teaching publishing workshops at Hugo House, volunteering at Small Press Distribution Books, judging contests/sitting on panels to determine writing residency and grant awardees. Lately, she digs the thrill of storytelling and has been fortunate to perform on stages up/down the West Coast including the iconic City Lights (San Francisco), Writers with Drinks (Make Out Room, SF), San Francisco Motorcycle Club, Seattle Art Museum, Orcas Literary Festival, De-Canon's Whitenoise Project (Portland, OR), Hugo House (Seattle), Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle), and The Ruins (Hood River, OR).

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