S.B. Divya's Blog

I’m so honored to have won the 2025 Sushila Devi Award for LOKA. This is wonderfully unexpected news to finish out the year! 

This was not an easy book for me to finish due to my struggles with Long Covid and ME/CFS, and the main character also has a debilitating chronic illness, so it’s especially meaningful to have it recognized.

The jurors had some very kind words to say:

Created within the genre of speculative fiction, the characters retain human traits of empathy and compassion even within a s...

I've got two upcoming in-person events, one for the Los Angeles, CA, crowd and another for the Orange County, CA, crowd. Please mark your calendars and come out for some science fiction book talk!

I have my finalized schedule for WorldCon, and it’s a full one! Here’s where you can find me if you’re attending in person in Glasgow. See you next week!

I am delighted to be attending this year’s WorldCon in Glasgow, Scotland! The convention is still finalizing the programming, but if my draft schedule holds, I will be on a panel each day from Thursday, August 8, to Sunday, August 11.

I’m bringing some print copies of LOKA (ARCs and finished copies) to give away during the convention. I’ll also have these lovely badge ribbons:

I’m very pleased to share a new short story with you. “Artistic Encounters of a Monumental Nature” is my first publication in Clarkesworld Magazine, appearing in the Ju...

Ten years ago today, I sold my first short story. The past decade has been a great adventure, a mix of highs and lows. I’ve learned and changed along the way, going fro...

I had two works of fiction published in 2023, both of which are eligible for various awards, including the Nebula and Hugo. If you are nominating or voting, your consideration and reading time is very much appreciated!

Presenting the cover for my next novel, LOKA, the follow up to MERU! It is a happy accident that my (faded) hair color...

I was really excited to receive notice of a Hugo Award nomination back in 2018 - my first! I got the email at the office, and I had to step outside so that my co-editor, Mur Lafferty, and I could properly squee over the news that Escape Pod was a finalist for Best Semiprozine.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by Banter Bookshop in Fremont earlier this month! If you didn’t get a chance to attend that event, you can still order signed copies of MERU from them: https://banterbookshop.com/