Publishing Triangle Award Winner

Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winner

American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book

Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Independent Publisher Award Silver Medal

VCU First Novelist Award Finalist

Longlist for DSC South Asian Literature Prize

A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu’s debut novel Marriage of a Thousand Lies offers a moving and sharply rendered exploration of friendship, family, love, and loss.

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News

Poem publication – “Gods in the Surf” at Burrow Press

Interview on the Poetry Vlog [video and podcast]

Marriage of a Thousand Lies featured on Book Riot’s Must-Read Books About Complicated Marriages

Marriage of a Thousand Lies featured on Mental Floss 25 Amazing Books by Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors You Need to Read

Marriage of a Thousand Lies is May 2019 Mocha Girls Read Book Club Pick

Guest on Asian American Writers Workshop Radio Podcast

Guest on Minorities in Publishing Podcast

Marriage of a Thousand Lies Longlisted for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

Guest on LitHub’s Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast

Review of Marriage of a Thousand Lies by Gertrude Press

“Drunk on Ink” interview with Jaggery

Other Books

I Once Met You But You Were Dead
About the Author

SJ Sindu

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SJ Sindu is a Tamil-American 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.