Gita Aravamudan was born in Bangalore. She started her journalistic career at Hindustan Times, New Delhi, at a time when there were very few women in journalism. She has also worked with and written for Indian Express, India Today, Sunday, Filmfare, Femina, Illustrated Weekly and Sunday Midday.
Her first book, Voices in My Blood, was published in 1990. Her second book, Disappearing Daughters: The Tragedy of Female Infanticide, was published in 2007 and became an instant bestseller. The Healing is her first novel.