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Tasha Suri
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Writes stuff. Out now: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA. (She/Her)
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THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA is out in the world. ⚔️🌊🔮
A curly haired woman holding up a copy of the novel the isle in the silver sea
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Kirkus gave a starred review to THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA and I am putting it all here proudly for you, like a cat with an extremely fine mouse, etc etc
"hat if the characters in a fairy tale wanted out? The titular Isle is a magical version of England, a patchwork of times and places ruled by the Eternal Queen and stitched together by a network of tales. If these tales are not strictly reenacted by incarnates—people born to play their roles in a specific tale—the land associated with it and all the creatures living on that land disappear, so the people of the Isle have a vested interest in ensuring that incarnates perform as expected. Sir Lavinia and Simran are the latest versions of the Knight and the Witch, the two main characters in a sad tale of evil enchantment and star-crossed love that concludes with a murder-suicide. But these two incarnates are not quite like their predecessors: Vina’s mother and Simran both come from Elsewhere, a fantasy equivalent of India." Elsewhere, a fantasy equivalent of India. That culture has essentially been written over by the power of their tale, but their continued treatment as outsiders, their overwhelming love for each other, and Simran’s mysterious affinity with limni ink (used both to write tales and perform powerful, reality-altering spells), give them the strength to seek out a destiny beyond their foretold unhappy ending. The key to their quest may lie with a dangerous immortal who is killing incarnates and has kidnapped Simran’s dearest friend. Previous Suri works (e.g.,Empire of Sand, 2018) have featured unique, fascinating magical systems, and this book continues in that vein. It’s one of the more innovative and thoughtful uses of fantasy to explore colonialism and the potential poison of assimilation, popular genre themes in recent years. The novel takes two fundamental British myths—King Arthur and the concept of the British Empire as a realm on which the sun never sets—and uses and uses them to show the thin line between preservation and stagnation. A desperate need to adhere too perfectly to an ideal and/or the status quo makes it more likely that it will come crashing down. Beautifully inevitable and surprising at the same time; dark, sharp, clever, lovely.
July 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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the nicest thing anyone (but in this case @cxorlando.bsky.social) has ever said is that my book should kiss alix's book
(But Christina, you say, these two books have kind of a similar vibe, you say. Yeah and??? It’s beautiful. These two books are in love and they’re gonna kiss. The Lady Knight Couplet is the new Sapphic Saffron Trifecta okay? Okay.)
July 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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image saying from the meme saying 'wait. is this fucking play about us?'
July 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The cover of THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA, my sapphic lady knight/witch reincarnation romance, out in October. ⚔️🔮🌊
March 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I wanted to share the title of my next book, out in October 2025: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA.
image of a suit of armour, with the words 'the isle in the silver sea' in front of it
December 11, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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I have not seen Arcane (at all) yet, or the Wicked film. I have failed in my sapphic responsibilities. Instead I have been watching one (1) sad Tudor man on repeat.
An image of Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall.
December 1, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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One of my favourite things I did for THE LOTUS EMPIRE release was host a launch at the queer, intersectional bookshop The Common Press. They're currently fundraising to survive, and I just wanted to share their crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-c...
A woman in a sari standing in front of a bookshop display. The bookshop is called The Common Press.
November 22, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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The Lotus Empire is out in less than two weeks, and here's some gorgeous art of Malini and Priya by finn_frei to celebrate. The trilogy is almost complete. 🔥
art by finn_frei of two Indian women embracing, surrounded by fire.
October 31, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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I never shared this here, so I'm turning up a little late to say - I've sold another two books, and the first will be a sapphic reincarnation romance between a knight and a witch!
book announcement text: World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri's next standalone novel about a knight and a witch who must change the fate of magic and the world by altering the end of their story, pitched as Green Knight meets THE STARLESS SEA with reincarnation, to Priyanka Krishnan while at Orbit, with Tiana Coven editing, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Laura Crockett at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world)
March 13, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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jenni I am unwell
screenshot from lower decks mobile game where bashir confirms he dated a cardassian
November 27, 2023 at 10:46 AM