Author · born 1971
Sofia Samatar
Sofia Samatar is a Somali-American writer (1971-). Born in Indiana.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Sofia Samatar, mostly ghost story and mythic fiction. They span 2012 to 2017. The most-read is A stranger in Olondria (2012).
Books by Sofia Samatar
A stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
Tender: Stories
Sofia Samatar
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Novella, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2014 — Best Short Story, Selkie Stories Are for Losers (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2025 — Best Novella, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2014 — Best Novel, A Stranger in Olondria (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2014 — Best Short Story, Selkie Stories Are for Losers (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2024 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2018 — Best Collection, Tender (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2017 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2014 — Best Novel, A Stranger in Olondria (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2014 — Best Short Fiction, Selkie Stories Are for Losers (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Novella, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Novelette, Three Tales from the Blue Library (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Novelette, Fairy Tales for Robots (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Collection, Tender (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Novella, Fallow (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Winged Histories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Short Story, The Red Thread (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Short Story, The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Short Story, How to Get Back to the Forest (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Short Story, Ogres of East Africa (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best First Novel, A Stranger in Olondria (nominee)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 2018 — Best Collection, Tender (nominee)
- 🏆British Fantasy Awards 2014 — Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel, A Stranger in Olondria (winner)
- ✦Philip K. Dick Award 2025 — Overall, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 2013 — Best Short Fiction, Selkie Stories Are for Losers (nominee)
- ✦Ignyte Awards 2025 — Best Novella, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (nominee)
Biography
Somali-American professor, editor and writer