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50-word Bio
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) is the Judith A. Markowitz award-winning author of The Bruising of Qilwa and the upcoming Sleepaway (Aladdin '25). In addition to the inaugural Samuel R. Delany fellowship, they've received fellowships from Bitch Media, Lambda Literary, and Otherwise. Find out at more at www.naseemwrites.com or on Instagram @jamsternazzy.
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) is a Persian-Chicagoan, former neuroscientist, and the Judith A. Markowitz award-winning author of The Bruising of Qilwa (Tachyon Publications, 2022), which was shortlisted for IAFA's Crawford Award and the Locus Award, and the upcoming Sleepaway (Aladdin, 2025). Their work has appeared in The Washington Post, Bitch Media, Cosmopolitan, The Rumpus, The Writer's Chronicle, and other venues. A Lambda Literary, Otherwise, and the inaugural Samuel R. Delany Fellow, Naseem is the managing editor at Sword & Kettle Press, a tiny publishing house of feminist speculative writing. Find out at more at www.naseemwrites.com or on Instagram @jamsternazzy.
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A former neuroscientist, Judith A. Markowitz Award-winning author Naseem Jamnia’s (they/them) debut novella, The Bruising of Qilwa, was released by Tachyon Publications to critical praise, including being shortlisted for IAFA's Crawford Award and a finalist for a Locus Award. Their middle grade debut, Sleepaway, will be released in 2025 from Aladdin. Their nonfiction has appeared in The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, The Rumpus, The Writer's Chronicle, and other venues. They were a Bitch Media Fellow in Technology, a Lambda Literary Fellow in Young Adult Fiction, an Otherwise Fellow, and the inaugural Samuel R. Delany Fellow. In addition to co-writing the academic text Positive Interactions with At-Risk Children (Routledge, 2019), their work has been included in the Lambda Literary EMERGE anthology (2020), We Made Uranium! And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago’s Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt (University of Chicago, 2019), and is upcoming in The White Guy Dies First (Tor Teen, 2024). Naseem is also the managing editor and book designer at Sword & Kettle Press, a tiny independent publishing house of inclusive feminist speculative writing. A Persian-Chicagoan and child to Iranian immigrants, Naseem now lives in Reno with their husband and four furred creatures. Find out at more at www.naseemwrites.com or on Instagram @jamsternazzy.
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