Press
- Author Interview, The Forge Literary (re: “More Than a Lion”)
- “How to send a message without annoying your readership,” in The Writer (re: “The Augury of Bats”)
Reviews
- Review of Coiffeur Seven by Charles Payseur, Quick Sip Reviews
- Review of Coiffeur Seven by Karen Burnham, Locus Magazine
- Review of Coiffeur Seven on Metafilter
- Review of Coiffeur Seven on Tangent Online
Awards and Nominations
- Winner, The Henfield Prize for Fiction
- Winner, Best Feature (writer of), International Women’s Film Festival, Miami
- SFSA Nebulas Recommended Reading List
- Pushcart Prize nomination by Joyce Carol Oates
- Quarter-Finalist, Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project
- Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future
Grant Support
- United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County
- Speculative Literature Foundation
- North Carolina Arts Council
Artist’s Residency Fellowships
- Blue Mountain Center
- Wildacres
- Djerassi Resident Artists Program
- Headlands Center for the Arts
Random Words of Praise
“Saini can write.” –Don Frisch, Grand Rapids Press
“So fucking strange, but oddly relatable.” –James McEwen
“Wow! Where did THIS come from?” –Tim Ackerly
“Chillingly beautiful. I held my breath reading it.” –Sylvia Crosbie