Zeyn Joukhadar

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] He was born Jennifer Zeynab Maccani and his first novel was published under that name.[6] Joukhadar has a PhD in Pathobiology from Brown University. Prior to pursuing writing full time, he worked as a biomedical research scientist.[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)
  • Kwon, R.O.; Greenwell, Garth, eds. (2021). "The Voyeurs". Kink: Stories. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1982110215.
  • Northington, Jenn; Williams, S. Zainab, eds. (2023). "Tiresias." Fit For the Gods. Vintage.

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

Honors and awards

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

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 (2 February 2021). "2021 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced". News and Press Center.
  2. Jane Henderson, "Lambda Literary Awards announce winners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 1, 2021.
  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 2021-12-08.
  4. "Ten Questions for Zeyn Joukhadar". Poets & Writers. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  5. "Joukhadar, Zeyn". The Library of Congress.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Joinson, Suzanne (2018-06-19). "In a Novel, Mystical Maps and Intertwined Journeys in Syria". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  7. "Meet the author Zeyn Joukhadar". The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. 22 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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