In my free time (lol) I play video games. Content notes: Car accident (off screen), depiction of homophobia, sexism, panic attacks, separation from loved ones. A romance that will shake the very foundations of time. I’m a nerdy Desi who, as a teen, fell in love with: anime and manga, Star Wars, and Spider-Man. A boy who would give anything to relive his past, and one who would give anything to live at all. I wrote my first book at 15 and it was very long and very terrible, but I loved it very much. When she’s not chasing cats or lurking in bookstores, she writes books about magic, clocks, and explosives. I’m a lifelong California resident who grew up reading doorstopper-thick fantasy books (Wheel of Time, anyone?). Tara Sim can typically be found wandering the wilds of the Bay Area in California. It’s the multi-realm, multi POV, goth queer epic fantasy I’ve always longed to write, full of morally gray protagonists, magical weapons, and just so, so many skeletons.Ī little more about me: I’m also the author of a couple YA fantasy series: Timekeeper and Scavenge the Stars. Tara Sim is a YA and adult fantasy author found in the wilds of the Bay Area, California. It follows the heirs of four noble Houses-each with a unique, divine magic from the gods they’re descended from-as they forge and break alliances to keep their kingdom from falling apart in the aftermath of the gods abandoning them. It comes out Mafrom Orbit (US) and Hodder & Stoughton (UK).Ī little more about the book: TCOD (pronounced “tee-cod” in my head every time I write it) is the first book in The Dark Gods series.

The divine will have their warand not all of them will. I’m Tara Sim, the author of the upcoming THE CITY OF DUSK, the first book in a dark epic fantasy series. In the second installment of Tara Sim’s Dark Gods trilogya glorious tapestry of magic and murderous gods (Buzzfeed News)each heir walks a dangerous path, attempting to undo the damage the gods have wrought across the four realms.

She can often be found in the wilds of the Bay Area, California. Hello r/Fantasy, and thanks so much for having me! I’m delighted to be here answering your questions today. Tara Sim is the author of the upcoming CITY OF DUSK (Orbit), as well as the SCAVENGE THE STARS duology (Little, Brown) and the TIMEKEEPER trilogy (Sky Pony Press).

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