South Asian Lit Start Pack (All Genres!)
Creating a starter park of South Asian lit folks to find each other and be found. All genres welcome! Those in the subcontinent and the diaspora are all welcome. Opt-In only. DM if you’d like to be added!
Created by
@sameemwrites.com
@monishabajaj.bsky.social
Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education University of San Francisco (views posted here are my own) Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury www.monishabajaj.net Pronouns: she/her/वह
@writerrohan.bsky.social
Desi-Cad SFF Writer + Devourer of Jalebis A continuation of black sheep. #amquerying YA Spec Horror #amwriting YA Urban Fantasy
@ayidashonibar.bsky.social
writer of dark & wistful speculative fiction words in SILK & SINEW (Bad Hand Books), WILTED PAGES (Shortwave Publishing), NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books), NATURE FUTURES, TRANSMOGRIFY! (Harper Teen), & more 🌈 she/they ayidashonibar.com
@eshanisurya.bsky.social
debut novel RAVISHING 💄💉 ✨ coming 11.11.2025 from Roxane Gay Books/Grove Atlantic | disabled & chronically ill | philly-based | surya means sun ☀️ | eshani.surya@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/eshanisurya
@avani.bsky.social
ML/Systems researcher with delusions of neuroscience and cryptography. Currently @Cloudflare and Emory. Dilettante SFF writer. Fellow of Odd Salon. I like to play the drums. #vp2023. https://linktr.ee/circumviso
@manahil.bsky.social
Writer, artist, editor, etc. Author of Heliotropia (Brick Books 2024) www.manahilbandukwala.com
@rukman.bsky.social
Temporary obsessions | Opinions personal | Words: Apex, Khoreo, Small Wonders & more | repped by @keiralekseii.bsky.social | Fiction editor @Otherside rukmanragas.com
@shwetaadhyam.bsky.social
@bingingout.bsky.social
Looking for Lit SFF agents/editors | Stories in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Translunar Travelers Lounge, The Bombay Literary Magazine, and more | abhijeetmakesthings.com (WIP)
@sbdivya.bsky.social
author | editor | engineer (she/any) 📚 science fiction & fantasy 🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod 💻 machine learning & DSP 🦼 Long COVID / MECFS sbdivya.com
@sameemwrites.com
Author of SciFi, SouthAsian/Muslim heritage. Work in Clarkesworld, PopSci, ApparitionLit. Sturgeon Award finalist. DC area based. sameemwrites.com (he/him)