Ananda Lima
@anandalima.bsky.social
Author of CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL forthcoming @torbooks in 2024 (available for pre-order)
& MOTHER/LAND (Black Lawrence Press)
Rep: Sarah Bowlin (Aevitas)
Work in the American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Kenyon Review Online, Gulf Coast +
& MOTHER/LAND (Black Lawrence Press)
Rep: Sarah Bowlin (Aevitas)
Work in the American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Kenyon Review Online, Gulf Coast +
*Pictures taken a couple of days ago, right before I left. Have been waiting to hear this cool @ptknitwear Softcover hat for a year 😁
June 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
*Pictures taken a couple of days ago, right before I left. Have been waiting to hear this cool @ptknitwear Softcover hat for a year 😁
In all seriousness though: I am overseas and won't get to see it out in the wild*. If you see it anywhere (including your own house), could you do me a huge favor and tag me or send me a photo? 🧡🙏🧡
June 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In all seriousness though: I am overseas and won't get to see it out in the wild*. If you see it anywhere (including your own house), could you do me a huge favor and tag me or send me a photo? 🧡🙏🧡
Yay! Yay! Yay! It's paperback day! Today Craft is officially out in paperback! (Almost) The same cover I love (can you spot the difference?), snazzy new orange spine... plus more travel and wallet friendly. I love it so much! 😍🧡🎉 Get one for yourself, loved one, secret crush and frenemies today!
June 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yay! Yay! Yay! It's paperback day! Today Craft is officially out in paperback! (Almost) The same cover I love (can you spot the difference?), snazzy new orange spine... plus more travel and wallet friendly. I love it so much! 😍🧡🎉 Get one for yourself, loved one, secret crush and frenemies today!
Also adding here a couple lovely shout outs from the past few weeks, including @debutiful @goodreads and more. I have been running around in lovely events and festivals and didn't get to celebrate and thank but I really appreciate it. ❤️
*paperback is coming 6/17 🎉❤️🎉
*paperback is coming 6/17 🎉❤️🎉
April 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Also adding here a couple lovely shout outs from the past few weeks, including @debutiful @goodreads and more. I have been running around in lovely events and festivals and didn't get to celebrate and thank but I really appreciate it. ❤️
*paperback is coming 6/17 🎉❤️🎉
*paperback is coming 6/17 🎉❤️🎉
Thank you so much @electricliterature for this lovely shout out today 💛 so lovely to be in this amazing group and cannot wait to celebrate the winners and finalists 🎉🎉🎉
April 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Thank you so much @electricliterature for this lovely shout out today 💛 so lovely to be in this amazing group and cannot wait to celebrate the winners and finalists 🎉🎉🎉
Speaking of which, look at who I saw at the airport / plane! @sewaneewriters faculty extraordinaire @kirstin.chen ! ❤️ So lovely to see her!
March 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Speaking of which, look at who I saw at the airport / plane! @sewaneewriters faculty extraordinaire @kirstin.chen ! ❤️ So lovely to see her!
On the plane to LA! Here is where you can find me there (all together this time Screenshot and come say hello / get some merch! 🧡 So looking forward to seeing everyone.
Hope everyone has / had nice travels and see you soon!
#awp25
Hope everyone has / had nice travels and see you soon!
#awp25
March 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On the plane to LA! Here is where you can find me there (all together this time Screenshot and come say hello / get some merch! 🧡 So looking forward to seeing everyone.
Hope everyone has / had nice travels and see you soon!
#awp25
Hope everyone has / had nice travels and see you soon!
#awp25
So excited that Craft is going to be in @mcnallyjackson 's Reading for the Craft book club run by amazing booksnailmail and @prettymuchbooks (Thank you so much ❤️). If you have read Craft or want to, rsvp at the Mcnally Jackson website and join in for a fun night of book clubbing March 12th!
March 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So excited that Craft is going to be in @mcnallyjackson 's Reading for the Craft book club run by amazing booksnailmail and @prettymuchbooks (Thank you so much ❤️). If you have read Craft or want to, rsvp at the Mcnally Jackson website and join in for a fun night of book clubbing March 12th!
So beautiful and surreal to see this today. I am so honored to see Craft in the longlist for @thestoryprize alongside such amazing books. Thank you so much @thestoryprize for this and for the beautiful work you do. Congratulations, to all the amazing people on the longlist and finalists. <3
February 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So beautiful and surreal to see this today. I am so honored to see Craft in the longlist for @thestoryprize alongside such amazing books. Thank you so much @thestoryprize for this and for the beautiful work you do. Congratulations, to all the amazing people on the longlist and finalists. <3
And tomorrow I cannot wait to be in conversation with @karol_lagodzki , talking about his amazing novel Controlled Conversations (which is beautiful and so timely right now). Join us at @seminarycoopbookstores ! (Love Chicago and the literary life and community here so much)
January 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And tomorrow I cannot wait to be in conversation with @karol_lagodzki , talking about his amazing novel Controlled Conversations (which is beautiful and so timely right now). Join us at @seminarycoopbookstores ! (Love Chicago and the literary life and community here so much)
Also some photos of the @storystudio_chicago breakfast event this morning with Hernan Diaz and Rebecca Makkai. ( It was so lovely 💚)
January 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Also some photos of the @storystudio_chicago breakfast event this morning with Hernan Diaz and Rebecca Makkai. ( It was so lovely 💚)
Thank you so much amazy Hernan Diaz The Newberry Library @storystudiochicago.bsky.social @rebeccamakkai & everyone who came out last night. Somehow I didn't take a single photo, so here is one the Newberry folks shared plus a photo of me with my new Newberry hat (love it).
January 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thank you so much amazy Hernan Diaz The Newberry Library @storystudiochicago.bsky.social @rebeccamakkai & everyone who came out last night. Somehow I didn't take a single photo, so here is one the Newberry folks shared plus a photo of me with my new Newberry hat (love it).
Talking to a new friend at a coffee shop and they ask the name of my book and then show me this. At least ChatGpt picked a writer whose work I love @sorahmark 🤣😂😅
December 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Talking to a new friend at a coffee shop and they ask the name of my book and then show me this. At least ChatGpt picked a writer whose work I love @sorahmark 🤣😂😅
So honored to have made the @chicagorevbooks best of the year list in such amazing company. Thank you so much @chicagorevbooks . Delighted to see this 🎉🎉🎉
December 18, 2024 at 2:13 AM
So honored to have made the @chicagorevbooks best of the year list in such amazing company. Thank you so much @chicagorevbooks . Delighted to see this 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much @electricliterature for including Craft in this amazing list of Best Short Story Collections. So lovely to see it there in such amazing company with some favorites. Thrilled and honored and congratulations to everyone!❤️🎉📚🎉
December 4, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Thank you so much @electricliterature for including Craft in this amazing list of Best Short Story Collections. So lovely to see it there in such amazing company with some favorites. Thrilled and honored and congratulations to everyone!❤️🎉📚🎉
Congratulations @paultremblay.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social @sofiaajram.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @timmcgregor.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social Gwendolyn Kiste . Thank you Library Journal
@raforall.bsky.social Thrilled to be in this group.
@raforall.bsky.social Thrilled to be in this group.
December 2, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Congratulations @paultremblay.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social @sofiaajram.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @timmcgregor.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social Gwendolyn Kiste . Thank you Library Journal
@raforall.bsky.social Thrilled to be in this group.
@raforall.bsky.social Thrilled to be in this group.
Absolutely delighted to see Craft in @library_journal 's Best Horror of 2024 alongside total legends 🎉🎉🎉). Thank you so much @library_journal and reviewers @raforall.bsky.social
and Melissa DeWild, @torbooks and everyone! 🎉🎉🎉
and Melissa DeWild, @torbooks and everyone! 🎉🎉🎉
December 2, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Absolutely delighted to see Craft in @library_journal 's Best Horror of 2024 alongside total legends 🎉🎉🎉). Thank you so much @library_journal and reviewers @raforall.bsky.social
and Melissa DeWild, @torbooks and everyone! 🎉🎉🎉
and Melissa DeWild, @torbooks and everyone! 🎉🎉🎉
And here are a couple of photos of us when we met in St. Louis . We talked about our books (which we were still working on then), about how we both took our time with the writing. It felt a dream to see them out in the world back then. And here we are talking about them again in Bomb Magazine 💙💚🧡
November 21, 2024 at 3:12 PM
And here are a couple of photos of us when we met in St. Louis . We talked about our books (which we were still working on then), about how we both took our time with the writing. It felt a dream to see them out in the world back then. And here we are talking about them again in Bomb Magazine 💙💚🧡
What a dream to be in @bombmag.bsky.social in a double feature with brilliant Bruna Dantas Lobato whose beautiful book Blue Light Hours I love so much. We had a wonderful conversation about Blue Light Hours and Craft and I am thrilled to see it in Bomb Magazine. Thank you so much Bruna and Bomb.
November 21, 2024 at 3:04 PM
What a dream to be in @bombmag.bsky.social in a double feature with brilliant Bruna Dantas Lobato whose beautiful book Blue Light Hours I love so much. We had a wonderful conversation about Blue Light Hours and Craft and I am thrilled to see it in Bomb Magazine. Thank you so much Bruna and Bomb.
The next night (last night) I got to attend a reception & a wonderful and hilarious presentation and conversation between R.L. Stines & CH Hooks. @rl_stine1 is super kind, funny & the whole thing was amazing. Thank you @chhooks @englishdeptflagler @flaglercollege @rl_stine1 ! ❤️
November 20, 2024 at 3:56 PM
The next night (last night) I got to attend a reception & a wonderful and hilarious presentation and conversation between R.L. Stines & CH Hooks. @rl_stine1 is super kind, funny & the whole thing was amazing. Thank you @chhooks @englishdeptflagler @flaglercollege @rl_stine1 ! ❤️
Every week is an adventure as the @flaglercollege Storytellers Author in Residence. Who would have thought that one of my Monday night plans this Fall would involve dinner and a ghost tour of Downtown St. Augustine with @rl_stine1 ?
November 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Every week is an adventure as the @flaglercollege Storytellers Author in Residence. Who would have thought that one of my Monday night plans this Fall would involve dinner and a ghost tour of Downtown St. Augustine with @rl_stine1 ?
I am in such amazing company here's including brilliant Brazilian book sister @bdantaslobato @melissamogollonwriter @lenavalencia @sntsnchz @morganjtalty @pulomeow @jessierenmarshall @ginathechung @stove.stove.stove and more amazings. Honored to be in this list!
November 19, 2024 at 2:31 PM
I am in such amazing company here's including brilliant Brazilian book sister @bdantaslobato @melissamogollonwriter @lenavalencia @sntsnchz @morganjtalty @pulomeow @jessierenmarshall @ginathechung @stove.stove.stove and more amazings. Honored to be in this list!
Thrilled to see Craft in this wonderful list of Best Debuts of the year by amazing @debutiful alongside so many amazing books, Thank you so so much @debutiful @vitcavage . So lovely to wake up and see this. 💙💙💙
November 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Thrilled to see Craft in this wonderful list of Best Debuts of the year by amazing @debutiful alongside so many amazing books, Thank you so so much @debutiful @vitcavage . So lovely to wake up and see this. 💙💙💙
Thrilled and so honored to see Craft longlisted for the ALA Carnegie Medal in fiction. Thank you so much @americanlibraryassociation @ala_booklist and everyone who made this happen. So honored to be included in the longlist amongst amazing books 🎉❤️😭❤️‼️
October 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Thrilled and so honored to see Craft longlisted for the ALA Carnegie Medal in fiction. Thank you so much @americanlibraryassociation @ala_booklist and everyone who made this happen. So honored to be included in the longlist amongst amazing books 🎉❤️😭❤️‼️
Such an amazing time at @nycomiccon (my first one!). Thank you so much @torbooks (everyone at Tor is *lovely* as well as brilliant ❤️ ) So much joy, creativity and fun. If you are going on the weekend, have the best time! And say hello to the Tor folks at booth 3335 for me!
October 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Such an amazing time at @nycomiccon (my first one!). Thank you so much @torbooks (everyone at Tor is *lovely* as well as brilliant ❤️ ) So much joy, creativity and fun. If you are going on the weekend, have the best time! And say hello to the Tor folks at booth 3335 for me!