Saladin Ahmed
Saladin Ahmed
Writer
Saladin Ahmed was born in Detroit. His novel Throne of the Crescent Moon, praised by George RR Martin as “a rollicking swashbuckler,” was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. His short fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Slate, Salon, and BuzzFeed. He is currently writing Black Bolt for Marvel Comics.
A storyteller is someone who brings people together to entertain them. To teach them. To dazzle them. To make them think and feel new things. But it starts with bringing people together.
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Saladin’s Other Works
THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince. In the midst of this brewing rebellion a series of brutal supernatural murders strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. But these killings are only the earliest signs of a plot for the Throne of the Crescent Moon that threatens to turn the great city of Dhamsawwaat, and the world itself, into a blood-soaked ruin.
A finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Crawford, Gemmell, and British Fantasy Awards, and the winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
BLACK BOLT
Black Bolt imprisoned! But by who? And where exactly? The answers to both will shock you! But to learn those answers, Black Bolt must first win a fight to the death with a fellow inmate — The Absorbing Man!
A Marvel comic.
TRUMP STORY PROJECT: CLAY AND SMOKELESS FIRE
A series of short stories from contemporary writers imagining America’s future under President Donald Trump. Saladin was a contributing writer with his piece Clay and Smokeless Fire.
Saladin in the Press
AV Club
Each week, Big Issue selects a comic of note and interviews it’s writer. The interview explores the creative experimentation and the prison-break storyline in Black Bolt #3.
