Thanks so much for being here! Below, you’ll find a variety of info about me including:
Here we go!
Intisar Khanani writes mighty girls in diverse worlds. Prior to publishing, she ran a student volunteer center, helped hospitals stay afloat, and developed projects to reduce infant mortality—which was as close as she could get to saving the world. Now she pens fantasy novels about young women motivated by compassion, empathy, and radical kindness taking on systemic injustice, facing down monsters, and forging the families they need.
Intisar is the author of The Sunbolt Chronicles and the Dauntless Path novels. Two of her books were Kirkus Reviews picks for Best Teen and YA Fantasy Novels of the Year. She is deeply honored to serve as the 2026 Writer in Residence for the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library.
You can find me on socials @booksbyintisar (mostly just on IG at the moment), or reach out directly at booksbyintisar [at] gmail.com
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On average, you can expect to hear from me once a month–so no worries about cluttering up your inbox!
(Apologies, this link is currently broken - please email me at booksbyintisar [at] gmail.com in the meantime to get manually added - and hopefully we'll have this sorted shortly!)
You can actually follow me for free – and will get access to my monthly updates and a bunch of my other posts including behind-the-scenes content and a quarterly book club chat. Note that, I don't typically most more than once a week, so it's a laid back way to be in touch.
If you upgrade to paid, at the $3 level you can join a multi-author Discord community called the Lamplighters’ Guild. Our authors include me, Casey Blair, Charlotte E. English, Rosalie Oaks, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Jacqueline Benson, and Stephanie Burgis. It’s honestly the main place I hang out online nowadays, and so much fun. I’ve also got some higher tiers with other perks – free early ebooks for my indie releases, swag mailings, and signed books with each book I publish.
Paid support of the Patreon also helps me do things like go on writing retreats, take craft courses, and pay for things like noise-canceling headphones (those were life changing, and possibly also life saving…). XD
I offer number of workshops and classroom presentations on the following topics:
If you are interested in inviting me to present, please reach out to me for my current rates at booksbyintisar (at) gmail.com.
I am also happy to pop into your Book Club for a short virtual visit at no cost as long as I can work out my schedule. Just let me know!
For other types of requests, please see my agent contact info below:
Ellen Scordato
Stonesong Literary Agency
Whitney Lee
The Fielding Agency
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