Shveta Thakrar

@shvetathakrar.com

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Desi mythopoetess. Author of Nebula Award finalist STAR DAUGHTER, THE DREAM RUNNERS, and DIVINING THE LEAVES. Also INTO THE MOON GARDEN (Audible). https://shvetathakrar.com/

A finished copy of BRIAN FROUD'S GREEN WOMEN on the ground, with the text, "Words and stories of fantasy and myth from acclaimed women writers around the world. With provocative portraits from the 'grandfather of faerie art,' Brian Froud."
A finished copy of BRIAN FROUD'S GREEN WOMEN anthology, featuring a green cover and a painting of a laughing Green Woman with leaves in her mouth, on a bed of grass. The text reads, "Words and stories of fantasy and myth from acclaimed women writers around the world. With provocative portraits from the 'grandfather of faerie art,' Brian Froud."
"Once upon a time, so long ago that streams ran thick with silver, and the sun shone in rays of molten gold, an old woman squatted on the green, flower-choked bank of the Sarasvati River and scrubbed fancy clothes for patrons far more fortunate than she." Issue 65 of UNCANNY MAGAZINE, illustrated by Nilah Magruder. http://www.uncannymagazine.com/finer-than-silk-brighter-than-snow/
Indian woman's partial face with a diamond flower nose pin.
Two posts involving chairs, one from Guy Gavriel Kay, and one from Lincoln Michel, stacked one on the other in my feed.
The "message blocked" message I received in response to my e-mail submission.
The blocked message I've received from "sh-articles@googlegroups.com."
A soft witch doll named Witchy and her sparkly broom sit on an Indian carved chair with a peacock cushion.
A golden door hinge.
A graphic with the heads of Leanna and Shveta and the text "Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series: Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar, Wednesday, October 8th, 7PM, KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th Street, NYC"
Tanaz Bhathena's WITCH DAUGHTER, pitched as a Persian mythology retelling of the story of Tahmineh, wife, mother, and rumored witch who desperately tries to stop a tragic prophecy in which her husband and son kill each other on a battlefield, pitched for fans of CIRCE and A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS, to Kirsiah Depp at Grand Central, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Danielle Burby at Mad Woman Literary Agency (NA). UK/Translation: Taryn Fagerness
Chapter Two Blood. It always came back to blood, they said.
The colorful front cover of BEASTS OF CARNAVAL, by Rosália Rodrigo.
House of Haunts Skyla Arndt made an appearance on multiple panels at the Salem Lit Festival on September 6. The annual festival takes place each fall, bringing together local and regional authors with readers for a week of readings, writing workshops, and panel discussions. Here, (from l.) authors Rory Powers, Shveta Thakrar, and Arndt take part in the “Fantasy with Teeth” panel at San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem, Mass., where Arndt discussed her new YA novel House of Hearts (Viking). The “horrormance” follows teen Violet’s investigation into her best friend’s murder as she joins the elite boarding school crowd her friend left behind.
A snippet from John Scalzi's novel WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR eye, in which an audience member does exactly what Lynne was talking about and gets shut down by the speaker.
John Scalzi holding a postcard of DIVINING THE LEAVES and vamping.
Me vamping outside said cute bookstore!
"Dreams and Nightmares: Trinity Plus Shortlist 2025 Year 9+" with six book covers, including THE DREAM RUNNERS (by me!).
Fascist Tears Vodka This April Fool’s Day we said we were releasing a new product called Fascist Tears vodka as a hilarious joke. Well, so many of you wrote in saying you’d love if we turned that joke into reality that…we did. Fascist Tears vodka is the same corn-based spirit that you love in our award-winning Civic Vodka, so you can count on a smooth sip with a clean, crisp finish. The best part? A portion of each bottle sold is going directly to Vote.org. Because, all jokes aside, it’s pretty clear that the future of the country is on the line. Mash bill: 100% North American Grown Eastern Sweet Corn. Bottle size: 750ml
The audiobook of Suzan Palumbo's novella, COUNTESS, on the Libby app.
A website that reads, "Author & Poet Panel & Book Signing" with author names and details and the Oregon Country Fair seal with a peach.
A website that reads, "Welcome to the Night Market!" It features my author photo, schedule details (Friday, 11 July and Saturday, 12 July), and the Oregon Country Fair seal with a peach.
Reddit post in the ChatCPT subreddit reading: The more ChatGPT learns about you, the better it gets.. At this point it’s kind of an extension of my mind that I use to externalize emotions and make processing new thoughts and ideas easier. I have honestly seen it infer information and events from my life - in a way that is almost scary, explain ideas to me that I hadn’t crystallized into words yet, and spark genuinely meaningful and new ways of seeing things inside of me. If you feed it genuine intelligence, it will reflect that back to you If you feed it nonsense and rubbish, well - that’s what you get as well. Some of us will be a lot better off in an AI world, some much worse off.
An abandoned black suede high heel below a brick wall with a sign that reads, "Ground Guide Required when Backing. Please ask for Assistance." Beside the wall, there is a Peter Pan bus.
Picture of me drinking tea and enjoying a plate of macarons and little sandwiches while dressed in a lot of flowers at Little Shop of Stories's Children's Book Festival high tea event.
High Tea graphic with Gayle Forman, Channelle Desamours, Trang Thanh Tran, Julian Winters, MK Lobb, and Shveta Thakrar on Saturday May 3rd at 1pm in the Little Shop of Stories.
The gorgeous cover art for INTO THE MOON GARDEN (by Shveta Thakrar), painted by K. A. K. Lecky. It features an Indian woman with long black hair, jewelry, and a phases-of-the-moon crown holding a lotus.
A white violet with purple striations out in nature.
A perfect dandelion clock among a bunch of grass.
The cover of DIVINING THE LEAVES, featuring the Kalpavriksha and a girl and a boy in Indian clothes with leaves and flowers.
A screencap of Jeff's and my posts about vampires.
A schedule of the programming for the South Jersey Children's Book Festival this Saturday.
A marketing graphic depicting the book Divining the Leaves with the text "Shevta Thakrar discussion and signing with Clare Legrand and Eric Smith Wednesday March 19th at 6pm."
A picture of Shveta Thakrar's novel Divining the Leaves along with a perfume propped up by a tree trunk.
A rose dragon by Cinderwing that looks like a living rose garden, being dusty rose on top where the blooms are and green on the underside and feet.
The beautiful cover of DIVINING THE LEAVES, with the text "Shveta Thakrar" and "Author of Nebula Award Finalist STAR DAUGHTER" and an Indian-American girl and boy in flowery Indian clothes against a magical tree.
My best friend Lindsey and I in flowery, colorful, magical outfits at Brave + Kind Bookshop in front of a wall with books and stickers and the words "Be Brave + Be Kind." One hundred percent our philosophy, as well as dressing our age. ;) (I'm also holding a copy of the newly released DIVINING THE LEAVES, my enchanted forest novel that I hope you'll check out!)
It's the cover of Shveta Thakrar's book Divining the Leaves featuring Desi teen characters in front of a magical tree.
The spines of the hardcovers of STAR DAUGHTER, THE DREAM RUNNERS, and DIVINING THE LEAVES side by side on a chair.
A picture of the hardcovers of STAR DAUGHTER, THE DREAM RUNNERS, and DIVINING THE LEAVES side by side on a chair.
A picture of Shveta holding a copy of her book Divining the Leaves.
A slide with the DIVINING THE LEAVES cover and the text, "Shveta Thakrar reading from DIVINING THE LEAVES. Plant-loving Ridhi and popular Nilesh were friends. Now she's alone. When a yakshini offers her magic and a place in the yakshas' forest court, she can't accept fast enough. But then Nilesh ends up trapped there, and only Ridhi can save him--at the cost of her own enchanted future" next to a picture of me on a fancy red couch.
An orange-and-green circular badge with a yellow star and the text, "Booklist Review of the Day."
A book cover with two Indian-American kids wearing Indian clothes partially made of flowers and leaves. It also features golden text reading, "DIVINING THE LEAVES. Shveta Thakrar. Author of Nebula Award finalist STAR DAUGHTER."
Mythicon logo, dates, location, and website graphic.
A graphic depicting the terms of a 25% off pre-order sale from Barnes and Noble featuring the cover of Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar.
A badge with a star that says, "Booklist Starred Review. @ALA_Booklist."
Two Indian-American kids in Indian clothes made of leaves and flowers, one holding a perfume bottle, one holding a bunch of grapes, standing in front of the Kalpavriksha (wish tree). The text says "DIVINING THE LEAVES. Shveta Thakrar. Author of Nebula Award Finalist STAR DAUGHTER."
A graphic of Shveta Thakrar's Divining the Leaves novel that promotes an author event between Shveta and Preeti Chhibber on March 4th at 7:00pm.
It is a cover of Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar featuring two Desi characters standing in front of a magical tree.
It is a cover of Shveta Thakrar's upcoming YA book titled Divining the Leaves. It features a Desi boy and girl in front of a tree holding perfumes and grapes, decorated by foliage.
Every day, tell yourself this: Keep your heart kind no matter how dark the world gets. You own only yourself. You can only control your actions. Keep your heart beautiful. The world needs that. *I say it to myself too.* --Najwa Zebian
Cover of the book Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar featuring a Desi girl with silver hair holding a glowing lotus flower.