Zeyn Joukhadar
Zeyn Joukhadar (birthdate) is an American writer. Zeyn is the recipient of the 2021 Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award for the book The Thirty Names of Night.[1]
Biography
Zeyn Joukhadar has a PhD in the Pathobiology from Brown University. Prior to pursuing writing full time, Zeyn worked as a biomedical research scientist.[2]
Zeyn Joukhadar is transgender and has also published under the name Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar.[3] [4]
Published works
Novels
The Map of Salt and Stars (2018)
The Thirty Names of Night (2020)
Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
2021 Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award
References/Notes and references
- ^ American Library Association (2 February 2021). "2021 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced". News and Press Center.
- ^ "Meet the author Zeyn Joukhadar". The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Chang, A. (30 November 2020). "'The Thirty Names of Night': A Story Of Self-Discovery And Self-Acceptance". NPR.org. NPR.
- ^ Memmott, Carol (2 December 2020). "Portrait of a Syrian American trans man is a rare bird, indeed - Book review". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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