Join us in ushering the new year with our first Chai & Cocktails event! We will be hosting fantasy authors Tanaz Bhathena and Davis Ashura to discuss how culture impacts their work. They will offer tips for fantasy world-building, developing characters, and so much more. Brown Geeks Amisha Upadhyaya (Founder & CEO) and Brianna da Silva (Art Director & Author) will moderate this month’s conversation.

PANELISTS

Tanaz Bhathena

Tanaz Bhathena writes books for young adults. Her latest novel, Hunted by the Sky, was named a CBC Best Book of 2020 and is the first of a YA fantasy duology set in a world inspired by medieval India. The sequel Rising like a Storm is slated to be released on June 22, 2021.

Davis Ashura

Davis Ashura is a best-selling author and a full-time physician. He is best known for the Castes and the OutCastes trilogy, which is part of the Anchored Worlds universe, a set of linked epic fantasy series.

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