Welcome to the website of Lyssa Chiavari, author of inclusive sci-fi and fantasy. Here you’ll find the latest news about my current and upcoming writing projects, new releases, and more. Don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter to get a free short story and be the first to know about my latest releases. Thanks for visiting!
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Guide to rep in my books
A lot of my books have LGBT rep in them, but not all of them do. So I thought it would be helpful to make…
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Everything you wanted to know about Lyssa but were afraid to ask
After procrastinating on it for quite some time, I’ve decided to post a little bit of an FAQ about myself so that if you see…
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The Jim Theis thread
Back in November 2023, I fell down a rabbit hole and wound up doing a ton of research about Jim Theis, author of The Eye…
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Ending the social media adventure
As you may recall, back in 2023 I dipped my toes back into social media after several years away. You can read all my thoughts…
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Cover Reveal: The Iamos Trilogy 10th Anniversary Edition!
December 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, Fourth World! It’s incredible to believe that it’s been out in the…
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Experimenting with Kindle Unlimited again
For the majority of my author career, my books have been published widely. This means that my ebooks are available at many (most?) online retailers,…
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Announcing: A new project!
After spending a lot of time working on this, I’m so excited to finally be announcing a new project! This is a book that I started on…
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Why I use italics in the Iamos Trilogy
There’s been some discourse on social media about the use of italics for non-English words when writing fiction. If you’ve read the Iamos Trilogy, you’ll…
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Adventures in Social Media
You may recall that several years ago I nuked most of my social media accounts. With the exception of Facebook, which my lovely assistant updates…
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I’m selling direct now!
Just a quick note today to let you all know that I am now selling direct. What does that mean? It means if you’re interested…