Premee Mohamed

Premee Mohamed
Born
Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationWriter; scientist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
GenreFantasy; horror
Years active2021 - present
Notable works
Notable awards

Premee Mohamed is an Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta.[1] She also works as Social Media Manager and Associate Editor for Escape Pod.[2]

Early life and education

Premee Mohamed was born in Edmonton, Alberta.[3] She received her undergraduate degree in molecular genetics in 2002,[1] and also holds a degree in environmental science.[4]

Career

Premee Mohamed initially wrote for herself. Beneath the Rising was her tenth or eleventh novel, and was written between 2000 and 2002, but she only submitted it for publication in 2016, after writing a short story that was accepted for an anthology in 2015.[5] Since then, Premee Mohamed's short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies. Her short story Willing was nominated in 2017 for the Pushcart Prize.[2] The Annual Migration of Clouds won the 2022 Aurora Award for Best Novelette/Novella. It was also a finalist for the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize.[6] Her novel The Siege of Burning Grass was shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.[7] Both The Siege of Burning Grass and The Butcher of the Forest won Aurora Awards in 2025.[8]

Works

Novels

  • Beneath the Rising trilogy:
  • The Siege of Burning Grass (2024)

Novellas

Novelettes

Short Stories

  • Hunted to Extinction (2025), short story in The End of the World as We Know It, New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

Collections

  • No One Will Come Back for Us and Other Stories (2023)

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2021 And What Can We Offer You Tonight Nebula Award Novella Won [9]
Beneath the Rising Aurora Award Novel Nominated [10]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted [11]
Crawford Award — Finalist [12]
Locus Award First Novel Finalist [13]
2022 And What Can We Offer You Tonight World Fantasy Award Novella Won [14]
The Annual Migration of Clouds Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Won [15]
A Broken Darkness Aurora Award Novel Nominated [15]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted [16]
Locus Award Horror Novel Finalist [17]
These Lifeless Things Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Nominated [15]
British Fantasy Award Novella Shortlisted [16]
2023 No One Will Come Back for Us BSFA Award Collection Shortlisted [18]
The Void Ascendant Aurora Award Novel Nominated [19]
2024 "At Every Door a Ghost" Aurora Award Short Story Won [20]
Locus Award Short Story Finalist [21]
The Butcher of the Forest Nebula Award Novella Nominated [22]
No One Will Come Back for Us Aurora Award Related Work Nominated [20]
British Fantasy Award Collection Shortlisted [23]
Ignyte Award Anthology/Collected Works Won [24]
Locus Award Collection Finalist [21]
World Fantasy Award Collection Won [25]
The Siege of Burning Grass Ursula K. Le Guin Prize — Shortlisted [26]
2025 The Butcher of the Forest Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Won [8]
Hugo Award Novella Finalist [27]
Ignyte Award Novella Finalist [28]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [29]
World Fantasy Award Novella Nominated [30]
"By Salt, by Sea, by Light of Stars" Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [27]
Locus Award Novelette Won [29]
"The Night Birds" Locus Award Short Story Finalist [29]
The Siege of Burning Grass Aurora Award Novel Won [8]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [29]

References

  1. ^ a b Wolf, Rob (11 September 2020). "Premee Mohamed Is Not a 'New' Writer". LitHub. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Woodbury, Mary. "Spotlight – Premee Mohamed". Dragonfly.eco. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ Arley Sorg (May 2023). "Gods Aren't Necessarily Nice: A Conversation with Premee Mohamed". Clarkesworld. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  4. ^ "Premee Mohamed". Penguin Books. Penguin. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ^ Johnson, Andrea (9 March 2020). "Interview: Premee Mohamed, author of Beneath the Rising". nerds of a feather, flock together. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Winners of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards & City of Edmonton Book Prize". Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Edmonton writer Premee Mohamed among shortlisted authors for 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". CBC Books. July 18, 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "2025 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus Online. 11 Aug 2025. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  9. ^ "2021 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 22 Jul 2025.
  10. ^ "2021 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. 18 Oct 2021. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  11. ^ "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Nghi Vo Wins Crawford Award". Locus. 3 Mar 2021. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  13. ^ "2021 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 26 Jun 2021. Retrieved 1 Jun 2025.
  14. ^ "2022 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 6 Nov 2022. Retrieved 22 Jul 2025.
  15. ^ a b c "2022 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. 15 Aug 2022. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  16. ^ a b "2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 19 Sep 2022. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  17. ^ "2022 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 25, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  18. ^ "2023 BSFA Awards Winners". Locus. 3 Apr 2024. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  19. ^ "2023 Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame Inductees". Locus. 21 Aug 2023. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  20. ^ a b "2024 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. 12 Aug 2024. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  21. ^ a b "2024 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 22 Jun 2024. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  22. ^ "2024 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. 7 Jun 2025. Retrieved 8 Jun 2025.
  23. ^ "2024 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 3 Aug 2025.
  24. ^ "2024 Ignyte Award Winners". Locus. 8 Nov 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  25. ^ "2024 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 20 Oct 2024. Retrieved 5 Jul 2025.
  26. ^ Vanessa Armstrong (16 Jul 2024). "Here is the Shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!". Reactor. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
  27. ^ a b "2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners". Locus. 16 Aug 2025. Retrieved 17 Aug 2025.
  28. ^ "2025 Ignyte Award Winners". Locus. 13 Oct 2025. Retrieved 5 Jan 2026.
  29. ^ a b c d "2025 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 21 Jun 2025. Retrieved 13 Jul 2025.
  30. ^ "2025 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 2 Nov 2025. Retrieved 4 Mar 2026.
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