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Lavanya Lakshminarayan
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Author: INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF | THE TEN PERCENT THIEF

Arthur C Clarke Award Finalist | Locus Award Finalist

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Lavanya Lakshminarayan @lavanya.bsky.social · Nov 5
INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF is out today in the US/North America + India/South Asia!

It’s the Great British Baking Show in space… and more! 🍩🚀

I’m super excited to be sharing this book with you, and delighted by the all love it’s already received.

A 🧵 with all my gratitude 💜
A close up of me, wearing a white t-shirt, holding a copy of my new book, INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF.
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✨I’ll be at the Singapore Writers’ Festival next weekend ✨

I’m on two amazing panels in some brilliant company, and I can’t wait to see you there!

Panel deets below 👾
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Out next month in paperback, @rainewilson.bsky.social 's BSFA Longlisted WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST!

Here's what @lavanya.bsky.social @bingewriting.bsky.social @naomikritzer.bsky.social @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social and more think...

Preorder; geni.us/weallghostsPB
“Haunting, heartwarming, and brimming with hope” - Lavanya Lakshminarayan “A testament to the power of an open mind and an open heart.” - Joma West “a bold talent in the speculative field.” - L. R. Lam “Haunting and atmospheric, with a really excellent ghost cat.” - Naomi Kritzer “Eerie and original.” - SFX “An intricately-woven tale.” - Angie Spoto “a poignant and lyrical portrayal of intimate frailties and quiet strength.” - Nicholas Binge “folkloric world building at its best.” - Lucie McKnight Hardy “A sumptuous, slow-burn dystopian story with hints of fantasy and fairytale thrown in...Thought provoking and quietly profound.” tHE bIG iSSUE
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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✨It’s a steal ✨

Pre order INTERGALACTIC FEAST at a 25% discount at Waterstones online 🍩🚀

www.waterstones.com/book/interga...

More food, more shenanigans a la Serenity Ko, Saras and Kili… and tons of dastardly plans for the future of food 👀

Out Spring 2026 from @solarisbooks.bsky.social !
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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INTERGALACTIC FEAST is now on NetGalley, in some fabulous @solarisbooks.bsky.social company!

It has more food, more shenanigans a la Serenity Ko, Saras and Kili… and tons of plotty, dastardly plans for the future of food 👀

If you liked Interstellar MegaChef, you know what to do!
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Oct 6
Now on Netgalley: 3 spectacular SciFi Titles for Spring 2026...

🪐 THE MANY: a new standalone from @neuvel.net!
🌍 THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley: the queen of literary spec fic returns
🍩 INTERGALACTIC FEAST: @lavanya.bsky.social's FLAVOUR HACKER duology concludes

geni.us/SolarisNG
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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This was a month of cool sci-fi reads. 💙📚🪐

TTPT @lavanya.bsky.social
UECO @williamjadams3.bsky.social
RLH @eirabrand.com

Reviews for the first two are already up on Before We Go Blog.

RUN LIKE HELL should be live on FanFiAddict sometime next week.
Three book covers: The Ten Percent Thief, Unlucky Events Cursed Odds, Run Like Hell.
August 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The lovely folks over at @scifinow.bsky.social have revealed the cover for my new novel, INTERGALACTIC FEAST 🍩🚀

Go check it out!

It’s gorgeous, and it’s all thanks to Sam Gretton and the amazing team at @solarisbooks.bsky.social — thank you all so much 💜
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Sep 17
Our friends at SciFiNow have revealed Sam Gretton's out-of-this-world cover for INTERGALACTIC FEAST, the second book in Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated @lavanya.bsky.social 's FLAVOUR HACKER duology, sequel to INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF!

Full reveal: bit.ly/4gBiOSg
Preorder: geni.us/intergfeast
A sneak preview of the cover for INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan obscured by a red curtain. White text reads: Time for a cover reveal! The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner. The black SciFiNow logo is next to it.
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Tomorrow!

Can’t wait to hang out with Frasier and Paige, and celebrate the launch of the delightful CAGE OF STARS by @frasierarmitage.bsky.social !

See you there 👾
September 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Genre rules are only guidelines anyway!

Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device?

We've got all that and more!

1/3
Against a blue background, tiled book covers: THREE EIGHT ONE and THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley RAKESFALL and THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee THE DEATH I GAVE HIM by Em X. Liu SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C. S. E. Cooney THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN by Caspar Geon METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke
August 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Next stop: intercontinental adventure ✈️

After months of planning, near-cancellations and last-minute scares, we’re all set to catch our flight tonight.

Soon, Paris 💜✨
My partner Shiv and I, looking into a full-length mirror. Two suitcases are in the foreground, along with the edge of the piano. I’m wearing a hot pink crop top and purple joggers. Shiv is wearing a grey t shirt and black joggers, and his hands are on my shoulders.
August 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Brilliant to see @lavanya.bsky.social 's INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF on @bookriot.bsky.social 's list of Six Immersive New Space Operas!

What if #gbbo took place in space, with a dash of the diaspora experience & a seasoning of sapphic romance?!

bookriot.com/immersive-ne...

geni.us/Megachef
6 Immersive New Space Operas
You’ll find a novel human evolution in 1,000s of years, a planetary time travel/Regency romance, and an intergalactic cooking competition
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August 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Thrilled to see INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF on this fabulous new list from Book Riot 🌈✨

Thank you Addison Rizer and @bookriot.bsky.social for including my work in such phenomenal company!

Everyone go get all the books! Pack a snack and enjoy the read 🍩🚀

bookriot.com/immersive-ne...
6 Immersive New Space Operas
You’ll find a novel human evolution in 1,000s of years, a planetary time travel/Regency romance, and an intergalactic cooking competition
bookriot.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
lavanya.bsky.social
This sounds incredible, and I’m hungry already! I can’t wait to read what @elianeboey.bsky.social is cooking 👀
elianeboey.bsky.social Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · Aug 1
Thinking about "elevated" hawker food🤔 and remembering the delight that is @lavanya.bsky.social's "Interstellar Megachef". *cough* If you liked that, I'll have something for you early '27. With a bit of space labour economics because #niche. And cosy kopitiams. Much fun. @starsandsabers.bsky.social
A bowl of bak chor mee in soup. Thin egg noodles in pork bone, seaweed, and garlic broth, with plenty of mince and wontons. (For purists, this is Bedok style and yes technically BCM should be with mee pok noodles but some days I love mee kia.)
August 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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11) The Ten Percent Thief by @lavanya.bsky.social

This is a great example of a mosaic novel that holds together really well, even as, for most of the book, each chapter is its own self-contained story. Each story gave me a character I cared about and another lens onto the book's dystopian world.
July 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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New pinned. Family photo of CLUB CONTANGO (mystery novel, single mum "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with gangs, clubs, and gloves off) and OTHER MINDS (technoir novellas: one for the TRON, "Infernal Affairs" and Sphere fans), pubbed by Dark Matter INK 🛒 bookshop.org, blackwells.co.uk, kinokuniya.com.sg
"Club Contango" and "Other Minds", two books by Boey, on an amp, under wooden shelves.
August 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I feel ashamed of myself for even posting this and asking, but I need the help to take some of the stress and pressure away - me and my husband, and our three beautiful dogs, are hoping that you can help raise emergency funds to try and find a new house.

gofund.me/061cd1b4
Donate to Help to Avoid Homelessness, organized by Amanda Rutter
My name is Amanda, and me and my husband, Dan, have just been served a Section 21 notice on t… Amanda Rutter needs your support for Help to Avoid Homelessness
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August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"Analògics contra virtuals"

📖 Ressenya de "La lladre del deu per cent", distopia futurista de Lavanya Lakshminarayan, primera dona índia finalista del premi Arthur C. Clarke, traduïda al català per @chronoscat.bsky.social
@lavanya.bsky.social

🔗 tuit.cat/idzb8
August 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Congratulations and happy US book day @tashanmehta.bsky.social ! 🥳💜

MAD SISTERS OF ESI is a wondrous, beautiful book. I had the pleasure of reading an ARC (and chatting with Tashan about ESI at a ton of events), and every word shines with her brilliance.

You’ve got to go read it NOW! I
tashanmehta.bsky.social Tashan Mehta @tashanmehta.bsky.social · Aug 5
It’sss pub day! MAD SISTERS OF ESI is now out in the US and Canada.

To celebrate, Alap and I took a series of truly ridiculous photos at Brooklyn Bridge Park. My baby* is now in New York!

(*Technically an ARC of my baby. The final is a beautiful, beautiful hardcover.)
August 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
If you're in the UK and want to read about a young witch who teaches her mother magic.

And about the fight against transphobia and queerphobia, going back CENTURIES.

And about families, both birth families and chosen families, and how we save and forgive each other.

You have until *tomorrow*.
charliejane.bsky.social Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jul 29
UK readers! Amazing news!

Waterstones has selected Lessons in Magic and Disaster to be part of its #WPreorder campaign.

From today thru July 31, you can get 25 percent off your pre-order of Lessons by using the code SUMMER25 at checkout on the website or app.

www.waterstones.com/book/lessons...
The cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster, full of glowy moths. The text says that you get 25 percent off upcoming books at Waterstones (selected titles only) between July 28 and 31 using the code SUMMER25 when you pre-order.
July 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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We are delighted to reveal the cover for @victormanibo.com's The Villa, Once Beloved, a haunting gothic about folklore, family, and postcolonial vengeance in the Philippines...

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Revealing The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo - Reactor
A dark history is unearthed amid crumbling façades in a new gothic horror arriving November 2025
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July 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
lavanya.bsky.social
I’m midway through copy edits on the sequel to Interstellar MegaChef, and I just stumbled upon two punctuation tweaks that have completely elevated a sentence.

So this is me taking a moment to shout from the rooftops that @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social is an extraordinary editor, and…
July 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Sail through endless skies, Ozzy 💔

music.youtube.com/watch?v=W6sV...
Planet Caravan (2009 Remaster)
YouTube video by Black Sabbath - Topic
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July 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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It’s pouring rain outside, so I brought the sun indoors 🌤️

From galaxy hair to neon pink, lavender fades, inky natural black (which is actually deep brown in sunlight), rich purples, and jagged pixies and bobs—I’ve tried nearly everything short of shaving it off (now, that’s a thought, isn’t it?).
Me, with my new hair—a subtle blonde and brown balayage, with natural roots. My head is tilted slightly to the right, and my hair is wavy, shoulder-length. I’m wearing a green top. A collage of pictures of me in my bright hair era. Clockwise: candy-floss pink and blue with pink and blue glasses, neon purple and blue all the way from the crown, bright pink and blue—think Harley Quinn, bright pink and purple from mid-length down, teal curls right at the tips, lavender and lilac fade with a beach in the background. A collage of me, featuring hairstyles past. Clockwise: a choppy face-framing bob in natural black, a broody coppery red and I’ve got my headphones on, seriously long natural black with subtle purple highlights at the tips, slightly shorter than the previous one with deep brown highlights. A collage of my hairstyles past. Clockwise: long natural brown in sunlight, a lavender pixie swept back (and I’m holding a cocktail in a bar), a sharp smooth bob with subtle brown highlights (and I’m wearing a sari), a natural black pixie (and I’m in profile, on a beach).
July 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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What a fantastic find! 🌟 INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF sounds like a delicious mix of flavors and love! Can't wait to dive into these queer SFF gems! 📚💖 #StillProud #QueerSFF
lavanya.bsky.social Lavanya Lakshminarayan @lavanya.bsky.social · Jul 11
Apropos of nothing (/s)…

Here are some incredible queer SFF reads in Solaris’ #StillProud ebook sale!

Feat. INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF at just 0.99 if you want Star Trek X MasterChef with a side of sapphic romance set in a queernorm future 🌈

Go get ‘em all!

geni.us/Solarissale
July 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
lavanya.bsky.social
Spotted INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF at the airport in Mumbai! 🌈

I’m half asleep and exhausted after a packed (but excellent) few days in the city, but also delighted to see this book of mine on the shelf.

Signed copies at Crossword if you’re passing through Mumbai International Airport, Terminal 1 🍩✨
Me, holding a copy of my book INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF, feat. a bright pink doughnut against a space-scape. I’ve got shoulder-length brown hair, and I’m wearing glasses. In the background are bookshelves at the Crossword Bookstore. Me, signing a copy of my book INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF. I’ve got shoulder-length brown hair, and I’m wearing glasses. In the background are bookshelves at the Crossword Bookstore.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
lavanya.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing (/s)…

Here are some incredible queer SFF reads in Solaris’ #StillProud ebook sale!

Feat. INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF at just 0.99 if you want Star Trek X MasterChef with a side of sapphic romance set in a queernorm future 🌈

Go get ‘em all!

geni.us/Solarissale
The cover of INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, featured in a tablet/ e-reader, against a background that’s swirled rainbow colours to celebrate queer pride. Available on sale at 0.99 on the Solaris website.
July 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM