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Tashan Mehta

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Tashan Mehta is a novelist whose interest lies in form and the fantastical.

Her debut novel, THE LIAR'S WEAVE, was shortlisted for the Prabha Khaitan Woman's Voice Award. She was part of the 2015 and 2021 Sangam House International Writers' Residency (India) and was British Council Writer-in-Residence at Anglia Ruskin University (United Kingdom) in 2018.

In 2019, she participated in FIELDWORK 0.2, a multidisciplinary residency that explored alternative infrastructures for the future. She was commissioned by the Barbican (London) to create an artefact that captures the essence of the experience; ON UNKNOWN THINGS was printed for limited release in 2021.

Her short story ‘Rulebook for Creating a Universe’ has been published in MAGICAL WOMEN an ...more

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	Mad Sisters of Esi 4.21 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magical Women by Sukanya Venkatraghavan (Goodreads Author) (Editor + Contributor), Krishna Udayasankar (Goodreads Author), Shreya Ila Anasuya (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liar's Weave 4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solarpunk Creatures by Christoph Rupprecht (Editor), N. R. M. Roshak, Lauren C. Teffeau (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les sœurs démentes d'Esi by Tashan Mehta (Goodreads Author), Mathilde Montier (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tashan Mehta answered Lianne Burwell's question: Will Mad Sisters of Esi be available in North America? I read the Locus review, and it sounds fascinating, but there is no North American edition that I can find. UPDATE: Mad Sisters of Esi will be published by DAW Books in fall 2025! Reactor Magazine did a small article on it, along with an extract: https://reactormag.com/daw-books-anno... Hi Lianna! The Locus review is one my favourites. Sadly, there are no See Full Answer
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Tashan Mehta and 139 other people liked K.J. Charles's review of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport: "This is a bonkers enjoyable SF romp, a serious spec-fic about oligarchy and colonialism and environmental collapse and freedom, a postmodern delve into layers of narrative and the meaning of stories, a deeply affectionate, funny satire of beloved SF " Read more of this review »
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Tashan Mehta and 57 other people liked Rachel (TheShadesofOrange)'s review of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport: "4.0 Stars After previously loving author's novella, The City Inside, I eager to read a longer work by them. Thankfully it did not disappoint. This is the kind of modern science fiction I loved to see getting published. The worldbuilding was weird and " Read more of this review »
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