Nikil Saval
Writer, editor and state senator
Nikil Saval is an American writer and editor based in Philadelphia. He has also served in the Pennsylvania State Senate since 2021.
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American Born 1982 in Los Angeles, United States
Photo: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About Nikil Saval
Nikil Saval, born in 1982, is a writer, editor, journalist and organizer. He has worked as an editor at n+1, a literary magazine based in New York. Since 2021 he has been a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 1st district, which covers much of South Philadelphia and all of Center City. He is the first Asian American elected to that chamber. His book in our catalog is Cubed.