Nikita Gill

Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator based in south England. She has written and curated eight volumes of poetry and is one of the most followed poets on Instagram.

Life Gill was born in Belfast to Indian parents who had been living in Ireland. She has Irish citizenship and Overseas Citizenship of India. Her father was in the merchant navy. The family moved to New Delhi when Gill was six, and she grew up and was educated there. Gill studied design at university in New Delhi, and she completed a master's degree at the University for the Creative Arts.

Work Gill's work was first published when she was 12 years old. Her work offers reflections on love, and feminist re-tellings of fairy tales and Greek myths. She is an ambassador for National Poetry Day.

Personal life Gill is openly bisexual.