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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you to folks at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library for incorporating the Sejal Sinha series into their collection, and for having me on their podcast, Literary Notes! Thanks especially Sherlyn Menezes, Nathan Ureta & John Pai from WTBBL! literarynotes.podbean.com/e/45-maya-pr...

Photo of John Pai, Nathan Ureta, Sherlyn Menezes, and Maya Prasad holding up copies of the Sejal Sinha chapterbook series.

Sherlyn Menenez and Maya Prasad in the podcast studio

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

*Little Free Libraries, I mean. 😁

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excited to share my short story "Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives" is coming up next week on @castofwonders.org for their Banned Books Week celebration! Every story next week includes Free Little Libraries (or the speculative equivalent) in some manner, a theme close to my heart!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look at these beautiful Desi vampires!!! 😍😍😍

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes for more YA Asian horror!!! Sounds great!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ooooh this is so up my alley!!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congrats! This book sounds amazing!

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I'm up on Characters Like Us Podcast today, talking books and my unwavering love of writing the South Asian experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc98...

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Ep 8. Maya Prasad on Writing Beyond Stereotypes

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We are raising money for Queer Liberation Network and I'm offering up a critique of your query + first pages! This is a great way to help a good cause and also get prepped for querying agents! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Queer Liberation Network (bookish and more) Auction running March 8-14, 2026 - virtual auction

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Maya Prasad Query + 5 Pages Manuscript Critique from Multipublished YA and Chapter Book Author

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What publishing feels like literally most of the time. 🤣 I've got a new newsletter out today: 10 Things I've Learned in 2025! mayaprasad.substack.com/p/10-things-...

Illusion where Maya looks like she's hanging on the side of a building (upon closer inspection the building is a flat image and Maya is lying on the ground)

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The state library system of Hawaii has banned "banned" books displays, enforcing the phrase "freedom to read." Of course, we like that phrase too, but used without context it obscures the problem. You can't win a fight by pretending there isn't a fight

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Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'

Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight…

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Beware®, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving. Read WB's latest here:

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Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware

In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Scienc...

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Outline: And then they defeat the bad guys. Me: Thanks, past self. Very helpful.

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ConCurrent Seattle @concurrentseattle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

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NightTide Magazine @nighttidemag.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

What if the boy next door turned into something you might have to kill? Abigail F. Taylor’s Maryneal 1962 is a Southern Gothic coming-of-age horror where full moons, small-town fear, and first love collide. We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag! nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...

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AUTHOR SNAPSHOT: ABIGAIL F. TAYLOR

In Maryneal 1962, Abigail F. Taylor weaves Southern Gothic horror and teenage heartbreak into a haunting tale of prophecy, transformation, and the impossible choice between love and survival.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I thought I'd been kicked out of a couple of Slack groups that I mostly lurk in bc they were missing from my workspaces. I was like "Oh shit, am I in trouble?!" And then I remembered they were Discord groups, actually. 😜

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

One of my goals for this year was to take some time to work on short stories. They're so much fun, a sandbox where I think you can take more risks compared to novel-writing, and I think they really up my game in general. So I'm basking in having completed & submitted one this morning!

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

New Hampshire!! Time to call Governor Ayotte to demand she veto the deeply unpopular book banning HB324. Remind her that only 39 people have spoken in favor of it, while more than 1300 opposed it. The phone number is 603-271-2121. www.wmur.com/article/nh-s...

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NH Senate passes bill to ban books deemed 'harmful to minors' in schools

A bill that could lead to certain books being banned in New Hampshire schools is now headed to the governor's desk.

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

oh my, she really is!! 😍😍

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Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Haha, spoiler alert....it's Rushmore!

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