Hemant Nayak - the emergency fiction chap
@stillwriting.bsky.social
Author of A Magic Fierce and Bright, The Tools of the Ghost, The Fist of the Ghost and perhaps a goofball (also an ER doctor)
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
Very fun that A Magic Fierce & Bright is a current finalist for the Washington State Book Award
September 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Very fun that A Magic Fierce & Bright is a current finalist for the Washington State Book Award
Now listening to this amazing audiobook by @melissacaruso.bsky.social - and it’s narrated by my favorite narrator Moira Quirke who narrates Gideon the Ninth !!
Soooo good !!! Highly recommend
Soooo good !!! Highly recommend
August 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Now listening to this amazing audiobook by @melissacaruso.bsky.social - and it’s narrated by my favorite narrator Moira Quirke who narrates Gideon the Ninth !!
Soooo good !!! Highly recommend
Soooo good !!! Highly recommend
#worldcon anyone else going to Worldcon in Seattle? I’ll be there at my little author table in the dealers section if anyone wants to connect! Looking forward to it!
I’m offering free beta read/editing too for anyone who donates to save the children
Chocolate too and raffles !!! Come on down !
I’m offering free beta read/editing too for anyone who donates to save the children
Chocolate too and raffles !!! Come on down !
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
#worldcon anyone else going to Worldcon in Seattle? I’ll be there at my little author table in the dealers section if anyone wants to connect! Looking forward to it!
I’m offering free beta read/editing too for anyone who donates to save the children
Chocolate too and raffles !!! Come on down !
I’m offering free beta read/editing too for anyone who donates to save the children
Chocolate too and raffles !!! Come on down !
I can’t say anything about this yet but isn’t this gorgeous original human art by Axel Perugino ?? GORGEOUS GLORIOUS sunset !
July 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I can’t say anything about this yet but isn’t this gorgeous original human art by Axel Perugino ?? GORGEOUS GLORIOUS sunset !
A Magic Fierce and Bright is out in paperback !! And it’s GORGEOUS!!!! Even prettier than the hardcover
July 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A Magic Fierce and Bright is out in paperback !! And it’s GORGEOUS!!!! Even prettier than the hardcover
Now that’s a sky
July 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Now that’s a sky
Spring 2027 Crow and Shadow
July 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Spring 2027 Crow and Shadow
Coming spring 2027!
July 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Coming spring 2027!
They like riding in cars !
July 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
They like riding in cars !
Cutie pies !
June 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Cutie pies !
It looks like this is the tweet that got me permanently suspended from X (which is fine) but it’s clearly not a place for free speech or open criticism of madness
June 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It looks like this is the tweet that got me permanently suspended from X (which is fine) but it’s clearly not a place for free speech or open criticism of madness
It was wonderful and heartwarming to meet @robinhobb.bsky.social , @terrybrooks.bsky.social , and @shawnspeakman.com all at once and to hang out with these legends of fantasy fiction ! So fun ! #fantasy
May 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It was wonderful and heartwarming to meet @robinhobb.bsky.social , @terrybrooks.bsky.social , and @shawnspeakman.com all at once and to hang out with these legends of fantasy fiction ! So fun ! #fantasy
A MAGIC FIERCE and BRIGHT has won a children’s book council favorite award x 2 for librarian’s and children’s favorite ! How fun ! Yay!
May 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A MAGIC FIERCE and BRIGHT has won a children’s book council favorite award x 2 for librarian’s and children’s favorite ! How fun ! Yay!
Walking in the spring
May 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Walking in the spring
We’re reading Jules Penny and the Rooster by @danielpinkwater.bsky.social and loving it !
May 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
We’re reading Jules Penny and the Rooster by @danielpinkwater.bsky.social and loving it !
Happy to say that A Magic Fierce and Bright is as selected as a winner in the middle grande and librarian’s favorite categories ! Kids and librarians and teachers voted - very gratifying
April 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy to say that A Magic Fierce and Bright is as selected as a winner in the middle grande and librarian’s favorite categories ! Kids and librarians and teachers voted - very gratifying
Mmmmm making homemade marinara
March 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Mmmmm making homemade marinara
Why am I not very good at social media ? I’m not sure - here’s a picture of my cat
March 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Why am I not very good at social media ? I’m not sure - here’s a picture of my cat
Coming soon ! I’m putting together a fun cookbook of my mom’s recipes and stories - we had lots of fun doing this and profits will go to our little charity in India
March 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Coming soon ! I’m putting together a fun cookbook of my mom’s recipes and stories - we had lots of fun doing this and profits will go to our little charity in India
This was me many years ago as a medical student working with the Bribri tribe in the jungles of Costa Rica - they took me to see the birthplace of their people on the river and said when you get there it always rains - just as we arrived it rained !
March 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This was me many years ago as a medical student working with the Bribri tribe in the jungles of Costa Rica - they took me to see the birthplace of their people on the river and said when you get there it always rains - just as we arrived it rained !
Spotted in a London bookstore!
March 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Spotted in a London bookstore!
Delicious hot puris! Visiting Milwaukee and cooking with my aunt
March 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Delicious hot puris! Visiting Milwaukee and cooking with my aunt
Making hot puris with my aunt Kunda in Milwaukee! Mmmmmm
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Making hot puris with my aunt Kunda in Milwaukee! Mmmmmm
Mt. Rainier from the plane on the way to Milwaukee - sometimes the views are so breathtaking that it fills me with wonder
March 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Mt. Rainier from the plane on the way to Milwaukee - sometimes the views are so breathtaking that it fills me with wonder