Saladin Ahmed

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Saladin Ahmed
Born (1975-10-04) October 4, 1975 (age 48)
superheroes, poetry
Years active2000–present

Saladin Ahmed (born October 4, 1975) is an American

comic book writer and a science fiction/fantasy poetry and prose writer. His 2012 book Throne of the Crescent Moon was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel[1][2][3] and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.[4]

Ahmed's fiction has been published in anthologies and magazines including

The Magnificent Ms. Marvel.[5][2][6][7][8] He is also the co-creator of the comic series Abbott and its sequel Abbott: 1973.[9]

Early life

Ahmed was born in 1975 in

merchant marine, worked both in a factory and as a community organizer.[2] His mother was a political activist. Ahmed is Muslim.[11][12]

After graduating from high school, Ahmed attended

Henry Ford Community College before transferring to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[10] After receiving a BA in American Studies, Ahmed earned an MFA at Brooklyn College and an MA in English from Rutgers University.[13]

Career

Poetry and prose

Ahmed's poetry has been published in various

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[14]

Ahmed's story "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela", originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 2, was a finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[15]

In February 2012, Ahmed's debut novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon, was published by DAW Books. It was announced as the first of a trilogy.[16][17][18] The novels are fantasies inspired by One Thousand and One Nights.[19] In 2021, The Washington Post commented that "though Saladin Ahmed may be best known for his comic book work, 'Throne of the Crescent Moon,' a Middle Eastern-inspired fantasy novel, garnered him a Locus Award in 2013".[20]

In October 2017, Ahmed gained media attention for a Twitter post addressed to the cereal company Kellogg's: "why is literally the only brown corn pop on the whole cereal box the janitor? this is teaching kids racism." Kellogg's indicated they would change the artwork on future Corn Pops shipments.[2][3]

Comics

In 2016, Ahmed was approached by Marvel Comics editor Wil Moss to write a series focusing on the character Black Bolt due to Ahmed's background in fantasy and science fiction.[13][21] Ahmed, with artist Christian Ward, began writing an ongoing series titled Black Bolt in May 2017.[21][22] Ahmed and Ward won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best New Series for Black Bolt[23] while the trade paperback collection of the comic, Black Bolt, Volume 1: Hard Time, was a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.[24] The series was cancelled in 2018 after twelve issues.[25]

In 2018, Ahmed relaunched two new ongoing series for Marvel Comics –

creator-owned limited series Abbott with artist Sami Kivela; it was published by Boom! Studios.[29] A sequel, titled Abbott: 1973, was released in 2021.[9]

In 2019, Ahmed and artist Minkyu Jung became the creative team for the

ComicBook.com, highlighted that The Magnificent Ms. Marvel was "an incredible challenge" for Ahmed since he had to follow the character's original creator G. Willow Wilson. Ridgely commented that "Ahmed has leaned hard into the issues that plague our current lives while still making the comic uplifting" and that "every revelation that Kamala comes to is thoroughly earned and formed based on the specific experiences we see her confront. It's a master class in evolving a character while keeping them grounded in their own identity".[32]

Ahmed was #10 on CBR's "10 Best Marvel Comics Writers of the Last Decade" list.[33] Ahmed was nominated for "Best Comic Book Writer of 2020" by IGN — the article states that Miles Morales and Kamala Khan are "characters closely intertwined with their respective creators. It says a great deal that Saladin Ahmed has managed to take the reins of both Miles and Kamala's solo books and truly make these characters his own. Plus, he delivered a rollicking good Conan tale in Battle for the Serpent Crown".[34]

In July 2020, Ahmed and Dave Acosta successively funded an original graphic novel, titled Dragon, through

SyFy Wire highlighted that the Kickstarter "blew past its initial $40,000 goal and surpassed $100,000 just 10 days into the campaign".[35] In August 2021, Ahmed was one of the announced creators included in Substack's "major investment in the comics market in the form of new agreements with some of the biggest names in the medium at the moment".[36] The New York Times highlighted that "the creators will be paid by Substack while keeping ownership of their work. The company will take most of the subscription revenue in the first year; after that, it will take a 10 percent cut".[37] Ahmed stated that Substack would be the home of Copper Bottle,[36] a "subscription-based pop-up imprint publishing original comics" written by him and featuring various illustrators.[38]

In August 2021, Ahmed was among a group of creators with whom fellow comics writer

science fiction comic Terrorwar, which is set in a future where people are forced to confront the physical manifestation of their fears.[39]

In May 2023, it was announced that Ahmed would serve as the new writer of Daredevil, with Aaron Kuder set to illustrate and the series set to debut September later that year.[8]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2009 Harper's Pen Award Best Sword and Sorcery/Heroic Fantasy Short Story "Where Virtue Lives" Finalist [40][41]
2010 Nebula Award Best Short Story "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela" Finalist [15]
2010
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
 Finalist [42]
2011
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
 Finalist[a] [42]
2012 Nebula Award Best Novel Throne of the Crescent Moon Finalist [43][3]
2013 Hugo Award Best Novel Throne of the Crescent Moon Finalist [1][2]
2013 Locus Award Best First Novel Throne of the Crescent Moon Won [4]
2018
Eisner Award
 Best New Series Black Bolt (2017) Won [23]
2018 Hugo Award Best Graphic Story Black Bolt, Volume 1: Hard Time Finalist [24][44]
2019 Hugo Award Best Graphic Story Abbott Finalist [45][46]
2020 Dragon Awards Best Graphic Novel Black Bolt Finalist [47]
2022 Ignyte Awards Best Comics Team Abbott: 1973 Nominated [48]

Works

Novels

Comics and graphic novels

Marvel Comics

Creator-owned

DC Comics

Collections

  • Engraved on the Eye (Ridan Publishing, 2012)

Short stories

  • "The Plan" from From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, (Del Rey, August 2023)
  • "Rules of the Game" from
    Star Wars: Canto Bight
     (Del Rey, December 2017)
  • "Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy" - Rags & Bones, ed. By Melissa Marr, Tim Pratt (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, October 2013)
  • "Amethyst, Shadow, and Light" - Fearsome Journeys, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, May 2013)
  • "The Faithful Soldier, Prompted" - Apex Magazine 18, November 2010
podcast by StarShipSofa
podcast by DrabbleCast
podcast by PodCastle

Poetry

Ahmed's poetry has appeared in the following journals and anthologies:

  • Callaloo Volume 32, Issue 4 (2009)
  • Against Agamemnon: War Poetry (WaterWood Press 2009)
  • Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry (University of Arkansas Press 2008)
  • Margie: The American Journal of Poetry Volume 6 (2007)
  • We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon (Interlink Books 2007)
  • The Brooklyn Review #19 (2002)
  • The Brooklyn Review #18 (2001)
  • Big City Lit (2001)
  • Mizna Volume 3, Issue 1 (2001)
  • Abandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry (Wayne State University Press 2001)
  • Post Gibran: Anthology of New Arab American Writing' (Kitab/Syracuse University Press 2000)
  • Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream
     (Wayne State University Press 2000)

References

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  9. ^ a b "BOOM! Studios' Abbott 1973 Vol. 1 Comic Review". CBR. October 19, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Biography", Saladin Ahmed (saladinahmed.com), archived November 15, 2010, accessed December 2, 2010.
  11. ^ Saladin Ahmed [@saladinahmed] (December 25, 2017). "as an American from a mixed family I love commercial Christmas. but also as a Muslim I love Jesus's message. here's a bit that helps explain why. MERRY CHRISTMAS! https://t.co/t7NiuhTTAb" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Saladin Ahmed [@saladinahmed] (January 18, 2016). "As a Muslim I find it fascinating that we talk about patriarchy re: Hillary but not Christian supremacy re: Bernie" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Twitter.
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Notes

  1. ^ Finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility

External links

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