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S.J. Sindu

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Born

Sri Lanka

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http://sjsindu.com

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Gay & Lesbian

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SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author of two novels, Marriage of a Thousand Lies and Blue-Skinned Gods, as well as the hybrid fiction and nonfiction chapbook I Once Met You But You Were Dead. A 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu holds a PhD in English from Florida State University, and teaches at the University of Toronto.

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Book deal!!

Aaaand for my 28th birthday, the universe gave me a book deal! Super excited to announce that my debut novel was just picked up by Soho Press. Special thanks to my agent, Connor Goldsmith, for believing in me and in the book sometimes even when I didn’t. More details to follow!

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	Marriage of a Thousand Lies 3.74 avg rating — 2,922 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue-Skinned Gods 3.92 avg rating — 2,266 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion by Piyali Bhattacharya, Ankita Rao (Contributor), Ayesha Mattu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.23 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction by Megan Giddings (Editor), George Abraham, Reem Abu-Baker 4.44 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Once Met You But You Were Dead 4.45 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming: What Makes a Woman by Jill McCabe Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sibyl James (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Marilyn Bates (Contributor) 4.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dominant Genes 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shakti by S.J. Sindu (Goodreads Author), Nabi H Ali (Illustrations) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiction Vortex - April 2014 by Dan Hope (Editor), Desmond Fox, S.J. Sindu (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Most people think the closet is a small room. They think you can touch the walls, touch the door, turn the handle, and walk free. But when you're inside it, the closet is vast. No walls, no door, just empty darkness stretching the length of the world.”
― S.J. Sindu, Marriage of a Thousand Lies

tags: closeted, lgbt, lgbtq

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“Grief is an impossible meal, so we cut it up into little pieces, dress it in ritual, and take it like a pill.”
― S.J. Sindu, Marriage of a Thousand Lies

tags: funerals, grief

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“Even if the gods are real, I don't think they can liberate us.”
― S.J. Sindu, Marriage of a Thousand Lies

tags: religion

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