Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Lavanya Lakshminarayan is a speculative fiction writer and game designer from Bangalore, India. She has received an honourable mention from the A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature 2019, awarded by the Speculative Literature Foundation, USA. She is one of the winners of the Nature of Cities Prize for Urban Flash Fiction 2018, and was shortlisted for the Toto Award for Writing in English 2019. Her fiction has appeared in the anthologies A Flash of Silver-Green and Third Eye, and has also been featured in the Indian Quarterly and other publications. As a game designer, Lavanya has built worlds and designed narratives for highly successful game titles, including Zynga Inc.’s FarmVille, FarmVille 2 and Mafia Wars. Her work on these games has been experienced by millions of players around the world. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys a strong cup of coffee, travelling the world and spending time with her dogs.