Zeyn Joukhadar

Zeyn Joukhadar is nonbinary and uses he/him and they/them pronouns. Joukhadar is originally from New York City. Prior to pursuing writing full time, he worked as a biomedical research scientist. His first novel, The Map of Salt and Stars, was published in 2018. ==Published works==

Novels • • Anthology (Fiction) • • Anthology (Non-Fiction) • • • Joukhadar, Zeyn (2025). “An Incomplete History of Trans Immortality”. In Norris, Denne Michele (ed.). Both/And. HarperOne. . ==Honors and awards==

Won 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 Nominated 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 • 2015 Pushcart Prize - "We Will Tell Our Children", first published in Gulf Stream Magazine • 2020 Pushcart Prize - "Incantations for Unsung Boys", first published in the Columbia Journal ==References==