Indrapramit Das (also known as Indra Das) is an Indian science fiction, fantasy, and

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writer, critic, and editor from

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. His fiction has appeared in several publications including ''

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'', '' Asimov’s Science Fiction'', ''

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'', and

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, and has been widely anthologized in collections including

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' ''

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.'' Das is an Octavia E. Butler Scholar and a graduate of the 2012

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. He completed an MFA in

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at the

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. Das is a former consulting editor of

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for Indian publisher Juggernaut Books. His debut novel '' The Devourers'' won the 29th

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in the SF/F/Horror category. The novel was shortlisted for 2016

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, included in the 2015 Locus Recommended Reading List, and was nominated for the Shakti Bhatt Prize and the Tata Live! Literature First Book Award in

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. ''The Devourers'' was originally published in 2015 by Penguin Books India and received North American distribution by Del Rey the following year. In 2023,

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published Das' novella ''The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar'' in both ebook and limited edition hard copy formats. '' Locus'' praised the novella, describing it as "part coming-of-age tale, part love letter to fantasy, part family mystery, and part elegantly understated fable of identity." The book won a 2024

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for Best Novella. Das edited and wrote the introduction for the 2024 anthology ''Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art'' from

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Bibliography

Novels

* '' The Devourers'' (2015)

Novellas

* ''The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar'' (2023)

Short fiction

* "Looking the Lopai in the Eyes" (2010) * "The Widow and the Xir" (2011) * "Weep for Day" (2012) * "Muo-Ka's Child" (2012) * "Sita's Descent" (2012) * "The Runner of n-Vamana" (2013) * "Karina Who Kissed Spacetime" (2013) * "The Little Begum" (2014) * "A Moon for the Unborn" (2014) * "The Muses of Shuyedan-18" (2015) * "Psychopomp" (2015) * "Breaking Water" (2016) * "The Worldless" (2017) (also appeared as: "Variant: The Wordless") * "The Moon Is Not a Battlefield" (2017) * "The Shadow We Cast Through Time" (2019) * "The Song Between Worlds" (2019) * "A Shade of Dusk" (2019) * "Kali_Na" (2019), winner of the

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and dark fantasy are presented at Rea ...

for Short Fiction * "Incarnate" (2020) * "You Will Survive This Night" (2021) * "A Necessary Being" (2021) * "Here Comes Your Man" (2022) * "Of All the New Yorks in All the Worlds" (2022) * "As Wayward Sisters, Hand in Hand" (2023)

References

External links

* Writing Global Sci-Fi: White Bread, Brown Toast by Indrapramit Das
Tor.com
* Interview a
Mithila Review
{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Indrapramit Living people Asimov's Science Fiction people Indian fantasy writers Indian literary critics Indian science fiction writers Lambda Literary Award winners University of British Columbia alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program for Poets & Writers alumni Writers from Kolkata Year of birth missing (living people)