Amal El-Mohtar

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Amal El-Mohtar
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El-Mohtar in 2017
Born (1984-12-13) 13 December 1984 (age 39)
Ottawa, Canada
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian
Genre Science fiction, fantasy
Notable work This Is How You Lose the Time War
Notable awards Hugo Award for Best Short Story (2017)
Hugo Award for Best Novella (2020)
Nebula Award for Best Short Story (2017)
Nebula Award for Best Novella (2020)
Locus Award for Best Short Story (2015, 2017)
Locus Award for Best Novella (2020)

Amal El-Mohtar (born 13 December 1984 [1] ) is a Canadian poet and writer of speculative fiction. [2] She is the editor of Goblin Fruit and reviews science fiction and fantasy books for the New York Times Book Review and is best known for the 2019 novella This Is How You Lose the Time War , co-written with Max Gladstone, which won the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novella, [3] [4] the 2020 Locus Award for Best Novella, the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella, [5] and several other awards.

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Writing career

She has published short fiction, poetry, essays and reviews, and has edited the fantastic poetry quarterly magazine Goblin Fruit since 2006. [6]

El-Mohtar began reviewing science fiction and fantasy books for the New York Times Book Review in February 2018. [7] She has worked as a creative writing instructor at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. [8] In 2018, she also served as a host on Brandon Sanderson's creative writing podcast Writing Excuses for Season 13. [9]

Awards and honors

Selected awards:

Award [a] CategoryWorkResultRef.
Aurora Award Short fiction This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019) [b] Won [10]
BSFA Award Shorter fiction This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019) [b] Won [11]
Hugo Award Novella This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019) [b] Won [12]
Short story "Seasons of Glass and Iron" (2016)Won [13] [8]
Locus Award Novella This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019) [b] Won [12]
Short story "The Truth About Owls" (2014)Won [14]
"Madeleine" (2015)Nominated [12]
"Seasons of Glass and Iron" (2016)Won [15]
Nebula Award Novella This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019) [b] Won [16] [17]
Short story "The Green Book" (2010)Nominated [18]
"Madeleine" (2015)Nominated [19]
"Seasons of Glass and Iron" (2016)Won [20]
World Fantasy Award Short fiction "Pockets" (2015)Nominated [21]
"Seasons of Glass and Iron" (2016)Nominated [22]

This Is How You Lose the Time War was also a finalist for the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award in the Novella category, [23] a finalist for the inaugural Ray Bradbury Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction at the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, [24] and a finalist for the 2019 Kitschies in the Novel category. [25] It also achieved second place in the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. [26] El-Mohtar announced in 2019 that the book has been optioned for television, with scripts to be written by herself and Gladstone. [27]

El-Mohtar has also received the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem in 2009, 2011 and 2014. [28]

Amal El-Mohtar, winner of the Best Short Story Hugo, at the Hugo Award Ceremony 2017 at Worldcon in Helsinki Amal El-Mohtar, winner of the Best Short Story Hugo, at the Hugo Award Ceremony 2017 at Worldcon in Helsinki.jpg
Amal El-Mohtar, winner of the Best Short Story Hugo, at the Hugo Award Ceremony 2017 at Worldcon in Helsinki

Personal life

El-Mohtar was born in Ottawa, Ontario to a family of Lebanese descent. She grew up in Ottawa with the exception of two years spent in Lebanon beginning when she was six years old. [1] [29]

She is married [30] and lives in Ottawa. [31] She is bisexual. [32]

Selected works

El-Mohtar's full bibliography includes an extensive list of short stories, poems, essays, and reviews. [33] Her most notable works include a short story collection and novella.

Notes

  1. ↑ Awards are listed in alphabetical order.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 With her co-author Max Gladstone.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: Letter Space". Locus. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ↑ McDermott, J. M. (November 2011). "Nebula Awards Interview: Amal El-Mohtar" . Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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  5. ↑ 2020 Hugo Awards Announced Archived 2020-08-17 at the Wayback Machine , at The Hugo Awards; retrieved August 1, 2020
  6. ↑ El-Mohtar, Amal (25 October 2013). "Interview: Amal El-Mohtar". Amazing Stories (Interview). Interviewed by Diane Severson Mori. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. 1 2 Blackmore, Olivia (15 August 2017). "Ottawa writer's 'fairy-tale mashup' wins prestigious Hugo Award for science-fiction". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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  28. ↑ "SFPA Rhysling Award Archive". Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  29. ↑ "Amal El-Mohtar, Pocket Interview No. 3". STORYOLOGICAL.
  30. ↑ "Landing Myself a Husband". Amal El-Mohtar. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  31. ↑ "Worldcon 2019 Schedule". Amal El-Mohtar. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  32. ↑ El-Mohtar, Amal ) [@tithenai] (10 June 2020). "I am here to tell you that I, a bisexual cis woman in Pride Month 2020, am harmed by JKR's terrible essay..." (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2024– via Twitter.
  33. ↑ Full bibliography https://amalelmohtar.com/bibliography/
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