Tarini Sipahimalani acquires bold, voice-driven upmarket fiction. She’s drawn to emotionally resonant and psychologically provocative stories that speak to the universalities of the human experience, excavate cultural truths, and offer an incisive reflection of the world by visceral way of mind. She loves binge-reads that don’t shy away from characters’ messy or darker depths, and narratives that span the spectrum from haunting to healing, be it by connecting the peculiar with the sublime, a sweeping love story with a strong coming-of-self arc, or through a striking sardonic voice.
Favorite sub-genres:
Adult Horror, Book Club, Cross-genre, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, East Asian Literature, Expat/Exile Literature, Fairytale Retellings, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist Horror, Gothic, Gothic Fantasy, Gothic Horror, Hauntings, Horror Comedy, Humor, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, LGBTQ+, Latine Diaspora, Latinx Horror, Latinx stories, Literary Crossover, Literary Fiction, Literary Horror, Magical Realism, Mental Health, Minority Voices, Modern Dating, Multicultural, Paranormal, South Asian, South East Asian Literature, Southern Gothic, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, body horror, book club fiction, books in translation, comedy, crossover, crossover adult, crossover appeal, diverse, gothic romance, horror, immigration, literary, literary suspense, love stories, metafiction, queer, queer horror, quirky, upmarket genre fiction, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, weird fiction