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Naomi Kanakia

NAOMI KANAKIA is the author of three YA novels and a nonfiction book, What’s So Great about Great Books. Her stories, poetry, and essays have been published in American Short Fiction, Asimov’s, Gulf Coast, LitHub, and others. She has an MFA from Johns Hopkins and received the Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellowship in 2016. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and daughter.

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The Cynical Writer's Guide To The Publishing Industry: How to Convince the Gatekeepers that Your Book is a Potential Bestseller

The Cynical Writer's Guide To The Publishing Industry: How to Convince the Gatekeepers that Your Book is a Potential Bestseller

What's So Great About the Great Books?: Why You Should Read Classic Literature

What's So Great About the Great Books?: Why You Should Read Classic Literature

2026
The Default World

The Default World

2024
Just Happy to Be Here

Just Happy to Be Here

2024
We Are Totally Normal

We Are Totally Normal

2020
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020

2020
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017

2017
Enter Title Here

Enter Title Here

2016
Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue

Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue

2015

with Catherine Lundoff, Shweta Narayan, Megan Arkenberg, Lee Mandelo and R.B. Lemberg

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 97, October 2014

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 97, October 2014

2014

with Alex Irvine, Brian Francis Slattery and Helena Bell

The Book of Apex: Volume 4

The Book of Apex: Volume 4

2013
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 64, January 2012

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 64, January 2012

2012
Diverse Energies

Diverse Energies

2012
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 46, July 2010

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 46, July 2010

2010

with Sandra McDonald, Sarah Goslee and Jeremy L.C. Jones

Collections2

We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022

We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022

2023
Procyon Science Fiction Anthology 2016

Procyon Science Fiction Anthology 2016

2016