Gautam Bhatia
Gautam Bhatia is an Indian SF writer, editor and reviewer. He is the author of “The Wall” and “The Horizon” (HarperCollins India), an SF duology. Both books were featured on Locus Magazine’s annual list of SF recommendations, in 2021 and 2022. He is also the co-ordinating editor of Strange Horizons, a weekly online magazine of global speculative fiction. He has twice been long-listed for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer (at the 2021 and 2022 Hugo Awards), and nominated for a World Fantasy Award for his work with Strange Horizons. His SF reviews and criticism have appeared in The Caravan, Hindustan Times, Scroll, Interzone Magazine and the British Science Fiction Association magazine.
Sri Lankan speculative fiction lifts off
An extraordinary burst of anglophone SF writing from Sri Lanka looks afresh at home and the universe(s)
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