Saladin Ahmed
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-28
Saladin Ahmed (born 1975) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction prose, poetry and comics. Born in Detroit, Michigan, to parents of Lebanese, Egyptian, Irish and Polish descent, and raised in the Arab American community of Dearborn, he studied at Henry Ford Community College and the University of Michigan before taking an MFA in poetry at Brooklyn College and an MA in English at Rutgers. His short fiction, published in magazines such as Strange Horizons and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, earned Nebula and Campbell award nominations before his first novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon (2012), the opening book of the Crescent Moon Kingdoms, won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel. From 2017 he turned largely to comics: Black Bolt, created with the artist Christian Ward, won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best New Series, and he has since written Miles Morales: Spider-Man, The Magnificent Ms. Marvel and Exiles for Marvel and co-created the creator-owned series Abbott.
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- Core Canon books: 1
- Current rank: #796 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.65
- Award recognitions: 1 won, 3 nomination
Books
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
- Award recognitions across all universes: 4 (1 won, 3 nomination)
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Throne of the Crescent Moon (2012) · The Crescent Moon Kingdoms Core Canon