Kamal Desai (10 November 1928 – 17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi.
She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the Belgaum district. She studied in Belgaum, going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at Bombay University. Desai began writing in 1955 and retired to Pune.
She is best known for her 1975 novel Hat Ghalnari Bai (Woman Wearing a Hat).