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Zeyn Joukhadar

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Zeyn Joukhadar

Aliases: Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

Profile

Gender
nonbinary
Born
Unknown
Nationality
American, Syrian
Languages
English
Residence History
New York City

Career

Occupations
Writer, Pathobiologist, Biomedical research scientist
Active Years
2015-2025
Nominations
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards finalist - Historical Fiction (The Map of Salt and Stars), 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist - Debut Author (The Map of Salt and Stars), 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize shortlist - Best Published Novel (The Map of Salt and Stars), 2015 Pushcart Prize ("We Will Tell Our Children"), 2020 Pushcart Prize ("Incantations for Unsung Boys")

Education

University of Connecticut
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Year of Graduation: 2008
Country: United States
Brown University
Pathobiology
Degree: PhD
Country: United States

Awards

Middle East Book Award
2018
Work: The Map of Salt and Stars
Category: Youth Literature Award
Organization: Middle East Outreach Council
Result: Won
Stonewall Book Award
2021
Work: The Thirty Names of Night
Category: Barbara Gittings Literature Award
Organization: American Library Association
Result: Won
Lambda Literary Award
2021
Work: The Thirty Names of Night
Category: Transgender Literature
Organization: Lambda Literary
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Map of Salt and Stars

2018 Historical Fiction

The Thirty Names of Night

2020 Transgender Fiction

Bibliography

  • The Map of Salt and Stars
  • The Thirty Names of Night
  • Kink ("The Voyeurs")
  • Fit For the Gods ("Tiresias")
  • This Arab Is Queer ("Catching the Light: Reclaiming Opera as a Trans Arab")
  • Letters to a Writer of Colour ("On Queerness")

Trivia

  • Nonbinary, uses he/him and they/them pronouns.
  • Originally from New York City.
  • Former biomedical research scientist.