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Tashan Mehta

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Author. Out now: MAD SISTERS OF ESI (HarperCollins India, 2023) šŸ‹ Buy: t.ly/2_Y8I

Previous: THE LIAR'S WEAVE (Juggernaut, 2017)

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Website: www.tashanmehta.com/

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Thank you so much!!

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Thank you so much!!

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Thank you so much!!

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Yes, so delighted to hear that this marvellous and strange novel will be reaching more readers outside South Asia! Tashan puts one in mind of a desi Calvino or Borges or Susanna Clarke but is very much her own writer.

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Some surreal news: MAD SISTERS OF ESI is headed to the US.

Thank you to the brilliant Navah Wolfe and to @dawbooks.bsky.social for loving and believing in this novel. Thank you also to the amazing Cameron McClure, who really is the best agent you could ask for. The month of May was a whirlwind.

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I have been dying to read MAD SISTERS (and have two copies! But they're both back in Colombo, so not quite yet argh.) Tashan's debut LIAR'S WEAVE was wonderful too, do check it out if you haven't read it. Very happy to see our chaos jurors reading and enjoying these books!

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Thank you so much, Vajra!!! SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is innovative and brilliant ā€“ I am so delighted to see the love it's been getting ā¤ļø

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Thank you so much, Vajra!!! And to you too!!!

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Delighted that THE TEN PERCENT THIEF is a finalist for the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards!

Congratulations to all the finalists including my fellow South Asians @indrapramitdas.bsky.social , @tashanmehta.bsky.social and @vajra.me across categories šŸ„³

All gratitude to the jurors for this honour šŸ’œ

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This week brought us two debuts, and what harmony they made together! D.A. Xiaolin Spires and Tashan Mehta read very different storiesā€”one SF, one fantasyā€”that examined mother-daughter relationships. It was a beautiful and bittersweet evening. @spires.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social

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I am bad with most nomination deadlines, but one seems to be coming up, so here's a small reminder that MAD SISTERS OF ESI is eligible for all 2024 SFF awards and I'd be very grateful if you considered it. #awardseligibility

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Joel Morris's avatar Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social
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Terrific authorā€™s note from C K McDonnell. Automating a process is stupid if the process is the point. Also, if a book lasts into further reprints, is read maybe, hopefully, into the future, these notes will be valuable, lived history.

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So delighted to see MAD SISTERS OF ESI on this list ā€“ thank you, @indrapramitdas.bsky.social!

"magnificently odd ... Reminded me of Calvino, of Clarke's PIRANESI (but space-faring), of Borges, and I don't make those comparisons lightly."

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ā€œMAD SISTERS OF ESI is a rich novel... the stories it tells should be savoured while youā€™re reading them... stories always change over time, as they are retold or re-encountered.ā€ @niallharrison reviews @TashanMehta (@tashanmehta.bsky.social) esi-by-tashan-mehta/'>locusmag.com/2024/01...

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New Author Interview - today on the blog talking about their excellent fantasy novel Mad Sisters of Esi is the great Tashan Mehta

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