Zeyn Joukhadar

Zeyn Joukhadar
OccupationWriter
NationalitySyrian American
EducationBrown University (PhD)
Notable awardsStonewall Book Award (2021)
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Literature (2021)
Website
www.zeynjoukhadar.com

Zeyn Joukhadar is a Syrian American writer. Joukhadar is the recipient of the 2021 Stonewall Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for The Thirty Names of Night.[1][2][3]

Biography

Zeyn Joukhadar is nonbinary and uses he/him/they pronouns.[4][5] Joukhadar is originally from New York City[6] and has a PhD in Pathobiology from Brown University. Prior to pursuing writing full time, he worked as a biomedical research scientist.[6] His first novel, The Map of Salt and Stars, was published in 2018.[7]

Published works

Novels

  • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2018). The Map of Salt and Stars: A Novel. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1501169038.
  • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2020). The Thirty Names of Night: A Novel. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1982121495.

Anthology (Fiction)

  • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2021). "The Voyeurs". In Kwon, R.O.; Greenwell, Garth (eds.). Kink: Stories. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1982110215.
  • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2023). "Tiresias". In Northington, Jenn; Williams, S. Zainab (eds.). Fit For the Gods. Vintage. ISBN 9780593469248.

Anthology (Non-Fiction)

  • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2022). "Catching the Light: Reclaiming Opera as a Trans Arab". In Jahshan, Elias (ed.). This Arab Is Queer. Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0863564789.
  • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2023). "On Queerness". In Anappara, Deepa; Soomro, Taymour (eds.). Letters to a Writer of Colour. Vintage. ISBN 978-1529115840.

Honors and awards

Won

The Map of Salt and Stars

  • 2018 Middle East Book Award - Youth Literature Award

The Thirty Names of Night

  • 2021 Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award
  • 2021 Lambda Literary Award - Transgender Fiction

Nominated

The Map of Salt and Stars

  • 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist - Historical Fiction
  • 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist - Debut Author
  • 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize shortlist - Best Published Novel

Short stories and essays

References

  1. ^ American Library Association (February 2, 2021). "2021 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced". News and Press Center.
  2. ^ Henderson, Jane (June 1, 2021). "Lambda Literary Awards announce winners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  3. ^ Memmott, Carol (November 23, 2020). "Review: Zeyn Joukhadar's 'The Thirty Names of Night' is a poetic portrait of a trans man's search for a rare bird — and his own identity". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ten Questions for Zeyn Joukhadar". Poets & Writers. November 24, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Joukhadar, Zeyn". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Meet the author Zeyn Joukhadar". The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. August 22, 2021. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023.
  7. ^ Joinson, Suzanne (June 19, 2018). "In a Novel, Mystical Maps and Intertwined Journeys in Syria". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2023.