Sangu Mandanna is an author of fantasy, young adult fiction, and middle grade novels. She is the author of The Lost Girl, the Celestial Trilogy, the Kiki Kallira series, and the adult fantasy romances The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping. Born in Bengaluru, India, she moved to England at eighteen and now lives in Norwich with her family.

Sangu Mandanna made her debut as a novelist in 2012 with The Lost Girl. Below is a list of Sangu Mandanna’s books in order of when they were originally released:

• Heather Fawcett
• Travis Baldree
• T.J. Klune

Sangu Mandanna Synopses: In A Spark of White Fire, the first book in Sangu Mandanna’s Celestial Trilogy, Esmae’s victory in a contest of skill sets off a chain of events that leads toward an inevitable war and forces her into conflict with the family she longs to return to. In a universe ruled by unpredictable gods, dark moons, and kingdoms built on vast fleets of ships, a cursed queen sends her infant daughter away, a jealous uncle seizes the throne of Kali, and an exiled prince vows to reclaim it.

Raised far from her home, Esmae dreams of returning. When the King of Wychstar offers the unbeatable, sentient warship Titania to the warrior who can win his competition, she sees her chance. She will enter, reveal her identity, and help her brother take back the crown.

It is a solid plan. Until it collapses.

In Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom, Kiki is a constant worrier. She double‑checks locked doors, imagines worst‑case scenarios, and struggles with anxiety that has been growing harder to manage. Drawing has always helped, and her sketchbook is filled with characters and scenes inspired by the Indian myths her mother shared with her.

That comfort disappears when the figures she sketches begin to come alive. Kiki is pulled into the world she created, where she meets a group of rebel kids who defend the kingdom and an ancient deity determined to destroy it. Because she unknowingly drew the evil god into existence, Kiki must confront her fear and find a way to save both the real world and the imagined one.

Armed only with her pencil and her determination, she has to discover how a girl who worries about everything can stand against something so powerful.

In A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, Sera Swan was once one of the most powerful witches in Britain. That changed when she resurrected her great‑aunt Jasmine, lost most of her magic, befriended a questionable talking fox, and was expelled from her Guild. Now she helps Jasmine run an enchanted inn in Lancashire, managing eccentric guests, keeping the fox out of trouble, and trying not to think about the future she no longer believes she can have. Everything shifts when she learns of an old spell that might restore her power.

Luke Larsen, a reserved and exacting magical historian, arrives on a winter night with knowledge that could unlock the spell’s secrets. He has no interest in the chaos of the inn and no intention of letting its bewitching innkeeper get close. Yet he agrees to help Sera, and to his surprise, he begins to soften.

Running an inn, reclaiming lost magic, and staying ahead of the Guild is more than enough for anyone. But Sera Swan is about to learn she does not have to face it alone, and that the strange, loyal family she has built may be the strongest magic she has.