Tashan Mehta
@tashanmehta.bsky.social
Author. MAD SISTERS OF ESI (DAW Books, 2025 | HarperCollins India, 2023),THE LIAR'S WEAVE (Juggernaut, 2017)
Mostly on Instagram.
Website: https://www.tashanmehta.com/
Mostly on Instagram.
Website: https://www.tashanmehta.com/
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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.)
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.)
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So stoked that Lessons in Magic and Disaster is one of Kirkus Reviews' picks for the best SFF books of 2025.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/b...
And the rest of the list is full of utterly excellent books as well. Good holiday shopping list?......
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/b...
And the rest of the list is full of utterly excellent books as well. Good holiday shopping list?......
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2025 | Kirkus Reviews
Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So stoked that Lessons in Magic and Disaster is one of Kirkus Reviews' picks for the best SFF books of 2025.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/b...
And the rest of the list is full of utterly excellent books as well. Good holiday shopping list?......
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/b...
And the rest of the list is full of utterly excellent books as well. Good holiday shopping list?......
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THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social & MAD SISTERS OF ESI by @tashanmehta.bsky.social changed my brain chemistry & became my north star re: Things Language Can Do
also time war was sort of my intro to poetry? 9th grade romeo & juliet aside ha
also time war was sort of my intro to poetry? 9th grade romeo & juliet aside ha
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social & MAD SISTERS OF ESI by @tashanmehta.bsky.social changed my brain chemistry & became my north star re: Things Language Can Do
also time war was sort of my intro to poetry? 9th grade romeo & juliet aside ha
also time war was sort of my intro to poetry? 9th grade romeo & juliet aside ha
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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Tashan Mehta, author of "Mad Sisters of Esi", shares her advice for speculative fiction writers looking to publish their work.
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tashan Mehta, author of "Mad Sisters of Esi", shares her advice for speculative fiction writers looking to publish their work.
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
MAD SISTERS OF ESI is coming in French!
This is the first work of mine that’s been translated, and it’s been an incredible experience. Mathilde Montier did an astonishing job; her skill, care and artistry blew me away. It just made me so excited for language and writing all over again.
This is the first work of mine that’s been translated, and it’s been an incredible experience. Mathilde Montier did an astonishing job; her skill, care and artistry blew me away. It just made me so excited for language and writing all over again.
En 2026, une nouvelle autrice rejoint notre catalogue : Tashan Mehta. Autrice et professionnelle de l’édition indienne, elle nourrit une véritable passion pour le fantastique et la structure des récits.✨
Rendez-vous le 5 février 2026 en librairie. 🐋
Rendez-vous le 5 février 2026 en librairie. 🐋
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
MAD SISTERS OF ESI is coming in French!
This is the first work of mine that’s been translated, and it’s been an incredible experience. Mathilde Montier did an astonishing job; her skill, care and artistry blew me away. It just made me so excited for language and writing all over again.
This is the first work of mine that’s been translated, and it’s been an incredible experience. Mathilde Montier did an astonishing job; her skill, care and artistry blew me away. It just made me so excited for language and writing all over again.
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Since I'm spending a lot of time doing everything except what I need to be doing, here's one thing I've been meaning to do: This is the link for my upcoming book tour for Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World. Tour starts Oct 6.
us.macmillan.com/tours/martha...
us.macmillan.com/tours/martha...
Martha Wells: Queen Demon - Macmillan Publishers
Join the bestselling author of the Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells for a discussion of her next book in the Rising World series, Demon Queen.
us.macmillan.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Since I'm spending a lot of time doing everything except what I need to be doing, here's one thing I've been meaning to do: This is the link for my upcoming book tour for Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World. Tour starts Oct 6.
us.macmillan.com/tours/martha...
us.macmillan.com/tours/martha...
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Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart!
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social
Goldsmiths Press to publish my latest novel Alston Moor - Anne Charnock
I am totally thrilled that Goldsmiths Press will be publishing my novel Alston Moor in the Autumn of 2026 as part of the press’s Gold SF feminist series.
annecharnock.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart!
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social
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Always have a map in your fantasy book. Have every character contradict the map, in contradictory ways. Include a timeline and have events contradict the timeline. Include a glossary and have societies and religions interpret the glossary in contradictory ways.
Today's unpopular take: not all fantasy worlds need extensive world-building. Some books are just fine without maps.
December 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Always have a map in your fantasy book. Have every character contradict the map, in contradictory ways. Include a timeline and have events contradict the timeline. Include a glossary and have societies and religions interpret the glossary in contradictory ways.
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Mad Sisters of Esi, by @tashanmehta.bsky.social (pub by @dawbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent novel, one that plays with metafiction to deliver a really emotional journey to the attentive reader.
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
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Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Mad Sisters of Esi, by @tashanmehta.bsky.social (pub by @dawbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent novel, one that plays with metafiction to deliver a really emotional journey to the attentive reader.
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
💙📚
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
💙📚
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My story "DISRUPTION" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Thanks to Sareena Kamath at Saga! preorder!
September 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My story "DISRUPTION" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Thanks to Sareena Kamath at Saga! preorder!
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@tashanmehta.bsky.social's incredible, wild, and mend-bending THE MAD SISTERS OF ESI; feels a little like Borges, a little like Calvino, and is 100% rewiring my brain
September 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
@tashanmehta.bsky.social's incredible, wild, and mend-bending THE MAD SISTERS OF ESI; feels a little like Borges, a little like Calvino, and is 100% rewiring my brain
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139.- Mad Sisters of Esi, by @tashanmehta.bsky.social (pub by @dawbooks.bsky.social)
September 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
139.- Mad Sisters of Esi, by @tashanmehta.bsky.social (pub by @dawbooks.bsky.social)
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August was winding down summer with these fantasy novels that will have you yearning for more:
🐋 MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta
❤️🔥 HOUSE OF DUSK by Deva Fagan
👑 THE NAVIGATOR’S CHILDREN by Tad Williams
🐋 MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta
❤️🔥 HOUSE OF DUSK by Deva Fagan
👑 THE NAVIGATOR’S CHILDREN by Tad Williams
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
August was winding down summer with these fantasy novels that will have you yearning for more:
🐋 MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta
❤️🔥 HOUSE OF DUSK by Deva Fagan
👑 THE NAVIGATOR’S CHILDREN by Tad Williams
🐋 MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta
❤️🔥 HOUSE OF DUSK by Deva Fagan
👑 THE NAVIGATOR’S CHILDREN by Tad Williams
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Tashan Mehta's lush prose reads as a hazy fairy tale; its ruminations on setting and sisterhood, pieced from different narrators across different formats, earns Mad Sisters of Esi its position as one of Reactor's most highly anticipated novels of the year:
reactormag.com/book-review-...
reactormag.com/book-review-...
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta Feels Like a Lucid Dream - Reactor
An ever-shifting fever dream of a slipstream story.
reactormag.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Tashan Mehta's lush prose reads as a hazy fairy tale; its ruminations on setting and sisterhood, pieced from different narrators across different formats, earns Mad Sisters of Esi its position as one of Reactor's most highly anticipated novels of the year:
reactormag.com/book-review-...
reactormag.com/book-review-...
Happy pub day to the lovely @devafagan.bsky.social and HOUSE OF DUSK!
Today is THE DAY. You can now actually order for-real copies of my adult fantasy debut HOUSE OF DUSK in hardback, ebook and audio format pretty much anywhere books are sold! Lots of links and blurbs here: devafagan.com/house-of-dusk/
August 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Happy pub day to the lovely @devafagan.bsky.social and HOUSE OF DUSK!
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Srsly I've been grabbing everyone I know and urging them to read The Mad Sisters of Esi by @tashanmehta.bsky.social
My latest sff book review column is up, including a wonderful vampire novel, an interesting near future memory-sharing dystopia, and the best book I've read in ages
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
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Three delightfully strange new sci-fi and fantasy books
These novels by Yiming Ma, Tashan Mehta and Cheon Seon-Ran explore mental censorship, a universe inside a cosmic whale and a vampire who preys on the lonely.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Srsly I've been grabbing everyone I know and urging them to read The Mad Sisters of Esi by @tashanmehta.bsky.social
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“At its core, THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH is a story about stories.” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @manuscriptgal.bsky.social
The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall: Review by Ian Mond
The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, Helen Marshall (Titan 978-1-80336-951-8, $18.99, 368pp, tp) June 2025. I’m a big fan of Helen Marshall’s fiction, both short and long, including he…
locusmag.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“At its core, THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH is a story about stories.” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @manuscriptgal.bsky.social
Such a lovely WorldCon. I wore all black everyday, like a ninja; met my agent in the flesh; hung out with some amazing people; and got to see MAD SISTERS OF ESI out in the wild. Also, my fellow panelists were incredible; I took so many notes!
August 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Such a lovely WorldCon. I wore all black everyday, like a ninja; met my agent in the flesh; hung out with some amazing people; and got to see MAD SISTERS OF ESI out in the wild. Also, my fellow panelists were incredible; I took so many notes!
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Tashan Mehta shares with all of us why you should pick up her newest release, Mad Sisters of Esi. If you haven't already gotten yourself or your friends and family a copy of this stunning meta fantasy filled with rich wonder, what are you waiting for?
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August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tashan Mehta shares with all of us why you should pick up her newest release, Mad Sisters of Esi. If you haven't already gotten yourself or your friends and family a copy of this stunning meta fantasy filled with rich wonder, what are you waiting for?
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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...
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
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...
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...
I’m at WorldCon! I have a table talk from 12-1pm today - come say hi?
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m at WorldCon! I have a table talk from 12-1pm today - come say hi?
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Look what arrived in my mailbox! Preorders ftw! @tashanmehta.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Look what arrived in my mailbox! Preorders ftw! @tashanmehta.bsky.social
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😁Perfect for fans of :
🐋 Mind-bending fantasy with nested, cosmic worlds
📜 Rich mythmaking, folktales, and fables
🌌 Highly original fantasy that lingers long after the last page
@dawbooks.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social #booksky #Fantasy
🐋 Mind-bending fantasy with nested, cosmic worlds
📜 Rich mythmaking, folktales, and fables
🌌 Highly original fantasy that lingers long after the last page
@dawbooks.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social #booksky #Fantasy
August 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
😁Perfect for fans of :
🐋 Mind-bending fantasy with nested, cosmic worlds
📜 Rich mythmaking, folktales, and fables
🌌 Highly original fantasy that lingers long after the last page
@dawbooks.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social #booksky #Fantasy
🐋 Mind-bending fantasy with nested, cosmic worlds
📜 Rich mythmaking, folktales, and fables
🌌 Highly original fantasy that lingers long after the last page
@dawbooks.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social #booksky #Fantasy