Amruta Patil is an illustrator and graphic novelist from India. She was born in 1979, graduated from Goa College of Art in 1999 with a BFA, and from Tufts University's School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2004 with a Master of Fine Arts. Her first graphic novel, Kari, was hailed as India's first female graphic writer and was commissioned and released by VK Karthika at HarperCollins India. It tackled themes of sexuality, friendship, and death. She was an editor and co-founder of the quarterly publication "Mindfields."