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Tanmay Kulkarni

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Born

in Pune, India

Genre

Contemporary, Psychology, Fantasy

Influences

Fredrik Backman, Zack Snyder, Brandon Sanderson

Member Since

September 2021

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Tanmay is a law student by day, a storyteller by night, and a professional overthinker every moment in between. He’s the sort of person who carries a notebook wherever he goes—not necessarily because inspiration strikes often, but because it’s nice to pretend you’re prepared. When he’s not lost in the pages of legal texts or making up stories in his head, he’s holding a cricket bat, claiming it knows more about writing than he ever will.

So far, he’s written four books, though calling them books feels a little too formal—they’re more like pieces of himself stitched together with ink and sleepless nights. Cloud Shapes is a reverse travelogue, made for those who wander inward as much as outward. Circling the Sun is a coming-of-age story for an ...more

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Average rating: 4.46 · 35 ratings · 17 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shoes for Men & Beasts (#1) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	मातीचा देव : Maaticha Dev by Tanmay Kulkarni (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Prathamesh Yemul (Artist) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fading Stars : A Short Story Collection really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circling the Sun 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cloud Shapes: A Novella 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)

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“No one is ever truly alone in Hollowshire. Not when the shadows have teeth.”
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“Do not consider me different from you, cobbler, for I am human too"
"You must not know what it means to be human, then.”
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“In poetry, as in time, a moment can stretch into eternity or an eternity can disappear in a single breath...”
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“In poetry, as in time, a moment can stretch into eternity or an eternity can disappear in a single breath...”
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“The moon hung in the heart of the sky, and the night was dressed in stars– each one a fallen soul still searching for its place on earth.”
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“Do not consider me different from you, cobbler, for I am human too"
"You must not know what it means to be human, then.”
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“Cats are the most powerful creatures in all of Hollowshire. They are just too lazy to do anything.”
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