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Sofia Samatar is an American of Somali and Swiss German Mennonite background. She wrote A Stranger in Olondria in Yambio, south Sudan, where she worked as an English teacher. She has worked in Egypt and is pursuing a PhD in African languages and literature at the University of Madison, Wisconsin.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
August 2024

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Opacities
 
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Collections
   Tender (2017)
   Monster Portraits (2018)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart (2024)
GennaRose Nethercott
"All of you who love that strain of witty, wistful, enigmatic stories that runs from Kafka to Kelly Link: come read this book. GennaRose Nethercott draws from a magic well, bringing us tales that feel as old as time yet marvelously new."
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Strange Labour (2020)
Robert G Penner
"A post-apocalyptic road novel with the gnomic quality of a parable, Strange Labour shimmers with a meaning just beyond reach."
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Indelicacy (2020)
Amina Cain
"Indelicacy is a novel like the tolling of a great bell. It will move your heart. Amina Cain's writing is the rarest kind: it creates not only new scenes and characters, but new feelings."

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Books containing stories by Sofia Samatar
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 (2023)
(Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, book 9)
edited by
John Joseph Adams and R F Kuang
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Shoreline of Infinity 32 (2022)
(Shoreline of Infinity, book 32)
edited by
Teika Marija Smits
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 (2022)
(Best Science Fiction of the Year , book 6)
edited by
Neil Clarke

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Awards
British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (2014) : A Stranger in Olondria
John W. Campbell Best Book winner (2014) : A Stranger in Olondria
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2014) : A Stranger in Olondria
World Fantasy Best Novel winner (2014) : A Stranger in Olondria


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