Sara Javed Rathore is an author from Lahore, Pakistan. She won the Daud Kamal Award in 2018, and the Scranton Grant in 2024. She has written extensively for The Friday Times on art and culture, and runs a Substack newsletter. She writes plays and does radio, as well as research and public speaking. She is studying Literature at Kinnaird College for Women University. Recently, she moderated a panel on theatre at Lahore Literary Festival (2025).