Sumrit Shahi is an Indian novelist and screenwriter born on 12 February 1993. He is well-regarded for his contributions to youth-oriented television shows, including Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice, which garnered the Youth show (fiction) category at the Zee Gold Awards in 2014 and at the Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015. Other notable works include Million Dollar Girl - From Banaras to Paris, Boyz, Twist Waala Love, Secret Diaries, BIG F, Pyar Tune Kya Kiya, and Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera. He has also contributed to web series such as Black Coffee and Medically Yours.

Sumrit is the author of three novels: Just Friends, which he penned at the age of 17, A Lot Like Love... A Li'l Like Chocolate, and Never Kiss Your Best Friend. The latter has been adapted into a web series of the same name on Zee5.

In 2015, Sumrit Shahi was recognized as a young achiever, being named among the top 30 under 30 by Hindustan Times, who referred to him as a "writing rockstar of the young." Moreover, he is a noted TedX speaker.