Samira Ahmed | |
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Born | Mumbai, India |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Education | BA and MAT |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Genre | young Adult fiction, poetry, non-fiction |
Years active | 2016-now |
Notable works | Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment |
Website | |
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Samira Ahmed is an American author of young adult fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, best known for her New York Times best selling novels Love, Hate & Other Filters and Internment.
Ahmed was born in Mumbai, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois. [1] She has a degree from the University of Chicago, taught high school English for seven years, [1] and worked in nonprofit before publishing her first novel in 2018. [2]
Her young adult debut novel Love, Hate & Other Filters, about a Muslim Indian-American teen filmmaker making plans about her future while dealing with islamophobia, debuted on #8 of the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover bestseller list [3] and received starred reviews from Booklist, [4] Publishers Weekly, [5] and School Library Journal. [6]
Her 2019 sophomore novel Internment, set in near-future America where Muslims are sent to internment camps following a law enacted by the Islamophobic president, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and debuted on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover bestseller list at #4. [7] [8] Internment has been described as one of the "most politically urgent reads of 2019" by Entertainment Weekly . [9] It has also been optioned for film by Gotham Group and Chariot Entertainment prior to its release. [10]
Ahmed made her comics writing debut with Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit ; it was illustrated by Andrés Genolet and published by Marvel Comics. [11] [12] The limited series ran for five issues from December 2021 to April 2022. [13] [14] Entertainment Weekly highlighted that "Ms. Marvel comics have only been written by Muslim writers so far [...]. But Samira Ahmed will be the first South Asian female writer to write a Ms. Marvel series". [11] Avery Kaplan, in her review of Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit for The Beat , wrote that "Beyond the Limit was a fun and interesting story that went to some unexpected places, all while allowing Kamala plenty of time to shine (and to make a lot of funny food jokes)". [15] The trade paperback collecting the five issues was published in June 2022 – Bleeding Cool commented that this coincides with the premiere of the Ms. Marvel television miniseries. [16]
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