Lavanya Lakshminarayan is the author of The Ten Percent Thief (2023), first published in India as Analog/ Virtual (2020). She is a Locus Award finalist and the first science fiction writer to win the Times of India AutHer Award and the Valley of Words Award. The French and Italian translations of her novel have been shortlisted for the Prix Jacques Chambon and the Premio Italia respectively. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including The Best of World SF: Vol. 2, The Big Book of Cyberpunk, and Someone in Time. She has written narratives for the FarmVille and Mafia Wars franchises, among other games.