Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar
El-Mohtar in 2017
El-Mohtar in 2017
Born (1984-12-13) 13 December 1984 (age 39)
Ottawa, Canada
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable workThis Is How You Lose the Time War
Notable awardsHugo 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.

  1. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 2019 Nebula Award Finalists Announced Archived 2020-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, at Science Fiction Writers of America, published February 20, 2020; retrieved February 20, 2020
  4. ^ Liptak, Andrew (30 May 2020). "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ^ 2020 Hugo Awards Announced Archived 2020-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, at The Hugo Awards; retrieved August 1, 2020