Indrapramit Das

Indrapramit Das (also known as Indra Das) is an Indian science fiction, fantasy and cross-genre writer, critic and editor from Kolkata.[1] His fiction has appeared in several publications including Clarkesworld, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com, and has been widely anthologized in collections including Gardner Dozois' The Year's Best Science Fiction.[2][3][4][5]

His debut novel The Devourers (Penguin Books India, 2015; Del Rey, 2016) was shortlisted for 2016 Crawford Award, and included in the 2015 Locus Recommended Reading List.[6][7] The Devourers was also nominated for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and the Tata Live! Literature First Book Award in India.[8][9]

He is an Octavia E. Butler Scholar and a graduate of the 2012 Clarion West Writers Workshop.[10] He completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.[11]

He is currently a consulting editor of speculative fiction for Indian publisher Juggernaut Books.[12]

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