Tucson Festival of Books

Amal El-Mohtar (she/her)



Ainslie Coghill

Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, poetry and criticism, and the co-author of the New York Times bestseller "This is How You Lose the Time War," written with Max Gladstone, which has been translated into over ten languages. Her reviews and articles have appeared in the New York Times and on NPR Books. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.

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Awards: Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus, Aurora, BFSA

Communities: LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent, Arab


Books:
The River Has Roots
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
March 2025
ISBN 9781250341082
144 pages

This Is How You Lose the Time War
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Simon and Schuster
March 2020
ISBN 9781534430990
224 pages