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Amal El-Mohtar
Born1984 or 1985 (age 38–39)[1]
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable awardsHugo Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Amal El-Mohtar is a Lebanese-Canadian poet and writer of speculative fiction.[2] She has published short fiction, poetry, essays and reviews, and has edited the fantastic poetry quarterly magazine Goblin Fruit since 2006.[3]

Beginning in February 2018, she reviews science fiction and fantasy books for the New York Times Book Review.[4] She lives in Ottawa, Ontario where she has worked as a Creative writing instructor at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa.[1] In 2018 she also served as a host on Brandon Sanderson’s creative writing podcast Writing Excuses for Season 13.[5]

Awards and honors

El-Mohtar has received the following awards:

Other awards her short fiction has been nominated for include the 2010 Nebula Award (for "The Green Book");[11] the 2016 Nebula Award (for "Madeleine");[12] the 2016 World Fantasy Award (for "Pockets");[13] and the 2017 World Fantasy Award (for "Seasons of Glass and Iron").[14]

Her book with Max Gladstone, This is How You Lose the Time War, won the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novella.[15][16]

Selected works

El-Mohtar’s full bibliography includes an extensive list of short stories, poems, essays, and reviews.[17]Her most notable works include a short story collection and novella.

  • The Honey Month, collected short fiction, Papaveria Press 2010; ISBN 978-1907881008
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War (with Max Gladstone), novella, 2019; ISBN 9781534431003

References

  1. ^ a b c Blackmore, Olivia (15 August 2017). "Ottawa writer's 'fairy-tale mashup' wins prestigious Hugo Award for science-fiction". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ McDermott, J. M. (November 2011). "Nebula Awards Interview: Amal El-Mohtar". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. ^ El-Mohtar, Amal (25 October 2013). "Interview: Amal El-Mohtar". Amazing Stories (Interview). Interviewed by Diane Severson Mori. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Amal El-Mohtar Replaces N.K. Jemisin as The New York Times Book Review's Otherworldly Columnist". Tor.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. ^ Writing Excuses podcast hosts https://writingexcuses.com/about-2/
  6. ^ "SFPA Rhysling Award Archive". Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Announcing the 2016 Nebula Awards Winners". Tor.com. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. ^ "2015 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ^ "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. ^ "SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees". 22 February 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Nebula Awards". SFWA. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  13. ^ "World Fantasy Awards 2016". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  15. ^ "2019 Nebula Award Finalists Announced". The Nebula Awards®. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Liptak, Andrew (30 May 2020). "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". Tor.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  17. ^ Full bibliography https://amalelmohtar.com/bibliography/
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