Lavanya Lakshminarayan is the author of the critically-lauded The Ten Percent Thief. She is a Locus Award finalist and is the first science fiction writer to win the Times of India AutHer Award and the Valley of Words Award, both prestigious literary awards in India, and her work has been longlisted for a BSFA Award. She lives in India, and is currently working on her third novel novel.
“As satisfying as it is clever.” —Publishers Weekly on The Ten Percent Thief “Smart, vivid, engaging” —The Guardian on The Ten Percent Thief “Lavanya Lakshminarayan breathes new life into dystopia” —The Washington Post on The Ten Percent Thief “Bold and creative” —STARBURST Magazine on The Ten Percent Thief “Impressive” —SFX on The Ten Percent Thief “A new masterpiece” —SciFiNow on The Ten Percent Thief “Deeply thought-provoking and timely” —Grimdark Magazine on The Ten Percent Thief “Stunning and thought-provoking” —The British Fantasy Society on The Ten Percent Thief “Interstellar MegaChef is a stunning achievement, and an absolute feast for your brain, your heart and your soul. Devour it at once – it’ll leave you sated and hungry for more.” —Samit Basu, author of The City Inside and The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport “Absolutely bursting with flavor and thrumming with possibility – this is science fiction at its best.” —Tashan Mehta, author of Mad Sisters of Esi “Funny, smart, and entertaining.” —Indrapramit Das, author of The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar “If The Great British Baking Show and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy had a child, it would be Interstellar MegaChef.” —S. B. Divya, Nebula and Hugo-nominated author of MERU “This delicious, futuristic flight of fancy… is rich and nuanced.” —Publishers Weekly “An engaging story that dives into themes about the appreciation of food, colonization, and xenophobia and features two morally gray queer women attempting to find their footing with each other.” —Library Journal, starred review “A lot of fun.” —New Scientist “Both playful and serious… Hand to readers of Becky Chambers and Ryka Aoki.” —Booklist “An intelligent dissection of utopian societies and the insidious nature of cultural imperialism.” —Locus