Author · born 1971
P. Djèlí Clark
P. Djèlí Clark (born 1971) is an American speculative fiction writer and professor of history. Born in New York City.
Our catalogue lists 4 books by P. Djèlí Clark, mostly historical fantasy, alternate history and dark fantasy. They span 2016 to 2021. The most-read is Ring Shout (2020).
Books by P. Djèlí Clark
Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark
A Dead Djinn in Cairo: A Tor.Com Original
P. Djèlí Clark
A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark, Rebeca Cardeñoso
The Black God's Drums
P. Djèlí Clark, Raúl García Campos
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2024 — Best Short Story, How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2022 — Best Novel, A Master of Djinn (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2021 — Best Novella, Ring Shout; or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2020 — Best Novella, The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2019 — Best Novella, The Black God’s Drums (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2019 — Best Short Story, The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2022 — Best Novel, A Master of Djinn (winner)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2021 — Best Novella, Ring Shout; or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2020 — Best Novella, The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2019 — Best Novella, The Black God’s Drums (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2019 — Best Short Story, The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2024 — Best Short Fiction, How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2022 — Best Novel, A Master of Djinn (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2022 — Best Short Fiction, If the Martians Have Magic (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2021 — Best Novella, Ring Shout; or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2019 — Best Novella, The Black God’s Drums (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Novelette, What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2024 — Best Short Story, How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2023 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Fantasy Novel, A Master of Djinn (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2022 — Best First Novel, A Master of Djinn (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Short Story, If the Martians Have Magic (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2021 — Best Novella, Ring Shout; or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Novella, The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2019 — Best Novella, The Black God’s Drums (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2019 — Best Short Story, The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Novelette, A Dead Djinn in Cairo (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards 2022 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, A Master of Djinn (nominee)
Biography
American speculative fiction writer and professor of history