Saladin Ahmed

Saladin Ahmed
Born (1975-10-04) October 4, 1975
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation Writer
Language English
Nationality American
Ethnicity Of Polish, Irish, Egyptian and Lebanese descent
Alma mater Rutgers University, MA
Brooklyn College, MFA
University of Michigan, BA
Henry Ford Community College
Genre Science fiction, fantasy
Years active 2009-present
Spouse Hayley S. Thompson
Website
saladinahmed.com

Saladin Ahmed (born October 4, 1975) is an Arab-American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. His 2012 book Throne of the Crescent Moon was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel[1] and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.[2] He has also been a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award, the Nebula Award for Best Novel[3] and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Ahmed's fiction has been published in anthologies and magazines including Strange Horizons, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Clockwork Phoenix 2 and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Early life and education

Ahmed was born in 1975 in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Lebanese, Egyptian, Irish, and Polish descent.[4] His father, Ismael Ahmed, formerly in the merchant marine, worked both in a factory and as a community organizer. His mother was a political activist.

After graduating from high school, Ahmed attended Henry Ford Community College before transferring to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[4] After receiving a B.A. in American Studies, Ahmed earned an MFA at Brooklyn College and an MA in English from Rutgers University.

Career

Writings

Ahmed's science fiction and fantasy stories have been published in magazines and anthologies including Strange Horizons, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Clockwork Phoenix 2, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. In 2010, he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[5]

Ahmed's story "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela", originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 2, was a finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[6] His story "Where Virtue Lives", originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, was a finalist for the 2009 Harper's Pen Award.

His novel trilogy The Crescent Moon Kingdoms is currently being published by DAW Books.[7] The novels are fantasies inspired by One Thousand and One Nights.[8] The first book in the series, Throne of the Crescent Moon, was published by DAW Books in February 2012.[9][10]

Ahmed's poetry has been published in various literary journals and books and has been awarded fellowships from the University of Michigan, Brooklyn College, and the Bronx Council on the Arts.

Awards

Throne of the Crescent Moon was a finalist for both the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novel[3] and the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[1] Ahmed won the Locus Award for Best First Novel for the novel.[2]

He was also a finalist for the 2010 and 2011 John W. Campbell Award and the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.

Works

Novels

Collections

Short stories

podcast by StarShipSofa
podcast by DrabbleCast
Finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story
podcast by PodCastle
Finalist for the 2009 Harper’s Pen Award.

Poetry

Ahmed's poetry has appeared in the following journals and anthologies:

Personal life

In 2007, Ahmed married Hayley Thompson. They had twins in 2010 and lived in Brooklyn at the end of that year.[4] As of August 2013, they live in Huntington Woods, Michigan as Thompson is associate professor of oncology for the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 Hugo Award Nominations".
  2. 1 2 "Locus Awards Winners", Locus Online, June 29, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "2012 Nebula Award Nominees Announced", SFWA, accessed February 23, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Biography", Saladin Ahmed (saladinahmed.com), archived November 15, 2010, accessed December 2, 2010.
  5. ↑ "2010 Hugo Awards Winners," Locus Magazine, September 5, 2010, accessed December 2, 2010.
  6. ↑ "2009 SFWA Nebula Awards Final Ballot", Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc. (SFWA), accessed December 2, 2010. Archived 1 February 2011 at WebCite
  7. ↑ "People and Publishing", Locus, September 2010, p. 8.
  8. ↑ "YEE-HAW! I've signed with DAW!", Saladin Ahmed (saladinahmed.com), accessed December 2, 2010.
  9. ↑ Penguin Group Throne of the Crescent Moon page
  10. ↑ "THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON is now on sale!", Saladin Ahmed, February 7, 2012.
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