Premee Mohamed

Premee Mohamed
In a 2026 interview
Born
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
EducationUniversity of Alberta
OccupationsWriter, scientist
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Years active2021–present
GenresFantasy, horror
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, Canada.[3] She earned a BSc in molecular genetics from University of Alberta in 2002.[1][3] She later went back and earned a second BSc degree in environmental science.[3][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 her short story "The Adventurer’s Wife" was accepted for an anthology around 2015.[3][5] Since then, Mohamed's short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies. Her short story "Willing" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2017.[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 and named one of "The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024" by Esquire.[7][8] Both The Siege of Burning Grass and The Butcher of the Forest won Aurora Awards in 2025.[9]

Works

Novels

  • Beneath the Rising trilogy:
    • Beneath the Rising. Solaris Books. 2020. ISBN 9781781087862.
    • A Broken Darkness. Solaris Books. 2021. ISBN 9781781088753.
    • The Void Ascendant. Solaris Books. 2022. ISBN 9781786185204.
  • The Siege of Burning Grass. Solaris Books. 2024. ISBN 9781837861835.

Novellas

Novelettes

Short stories

Collections

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2021 Beneath the Rising Aurora Award Novel Nominated [13]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted [14]
Crawford Award — Finalist [15]
Locus Award First Novel Finalist [16]
And What Can We Offer You Tonight Nebula Award Novella Won [17]
2022 World Fantasy Award Novella Won [18]
The Annual Migration of Clouds Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Won [19]
A Broken Darkness Aurora Award Novel Nominated [19]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted [20]
Locus Award Horror Novel Finalist [21]
These Lifeless Things Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Nominated [19]
British Fantasy Award Novella Shortlisted [20]
2023 The Void Ascendant Aurora Award Novel Nominated [22]
No One Will Come Back for Us BSFA Award Collection Shortlisted [23]
2024 Aurora Award Related Work Nominated [24]
British Fantasy Award Collection Shortlisted [25]
Ignyte Award Anthology/Collected Works Won [26]
Locus Award Collection Finalist [27]
World Fantasy Award Collection Won [28]
"At Every Door a Ghost" Aurora Award Short Fiction Won [24]
Locus Award Short Story Finalist [27]
The Siege of Burning Grass Ursula K. Le Guin Prize — Shortlisted [29]
The Butcher of the Forest Nebula Award Novella Nominated [30]
2025 Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Won [9]
Hugo Award Novella Finalist [31]
Ignyte Award Novella Finalist [32]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [33]
World Fantasy Award Novella Nominated [34]
The Siege of Burning Grass Aurora Award Novel Won [9]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [33]
"By Salt, by Sea, by Light of Stars" Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [31]
Locus Award Novelette Won [33]
"The Night Birds" Locus Award Short Story Finalist [33]
2026 The First Thousand Trees Aurora Award Novella/Novellette Nominated [35]
"Hunted To Extinction" Short Fiction Nominated [35]
One Message Remains Related Work Nominated [35]
Locus Award Collection Finalist [36]
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize — Pending [37]

Notes

  1. ↑ These Lifeless Things is part of the Solaris Satellites series, where each novella is by a different author.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Wolf, Rob (September 11, 2020). "Premee Mohamed Is Not a 'New' Writer". LitHub. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Woodbury, Mary. "Spotlight – Premee Mohamed". Dragonfly.eco. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Arley Sorg (May 2023). "Gods Aren't Necessarily Nice: A Conversation with Premee Mohamed". Clarkesworld. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Premee Mohamed". Penguin Books. Penguin. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Andrea (March 9, 2020). "Interview: Premee Mohamed, author of Beneath the Rising". nerds of a feather, flock together. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Winners of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards & City of Edmonton Book Prize". Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Edmonton writer Premee Mohamed among shortlisted authors for 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". CBC Books. July 18, 2024. Archived from the original on July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024". Esquire. Archived from the original on June 25, 2026. Retrieved June 17, 2026. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
  9. 1 2 3 "2025 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 11, 2025. Archived from the original on August 17, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Rebellion Publishing to release new novella series Solaris Satellites". Rebellion Publishing. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  11. ↑ "The End of the World as We Know It,". simonandschuster.com. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Hunted to Extinction". isfdb.org. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ "2021 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on January 11, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  14. ↑ "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. September 27, 2021. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Nghi Vo Wins Crawford Award". Locus. March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  16. ↑ "2021 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 26, 2021. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  17. ↑ "2021 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. May 21, 2022. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  18. ↑ "2022 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. November 6, 2022. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  19. 1 2 3 "2022 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. August 15, 2022. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  20. 1 2 "2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. September 19, 2022. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  21. ↑ "2022 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 25, 2022. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  22. ↑ "2023 Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame Inductees". Locus. August 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  23. ↑ "2023 BSFA Awards Winners". Locus. April 3, 2024. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  24. 1 2 "2024 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. August 12, 2024. Archived from the original on July 24, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  25. ↑ "2024 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. October 14, 2024. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  26. ↑ "2024 Ignyte Award Winners". Locus. November 8, 2024. Archived from the original on April 25, 2026. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  27. 1 2 "2024 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 22, 2024. Archived from the original on April 29, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  28. ↑ "2024 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. October 20, 2024. Archived from the original on October 20, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  29. ↑ Vanessa Armstrong (July 16, 2024). "Here is the Shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!". Reactor. Archived from the original on July 17, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  30. ↑ "2024 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. June 7, 2025. Archived from the original on February 12, 2026. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  31. 1 2 "2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners". Locus. August 16, 2025. Archived from the original on August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  32. ↑ "2025 Ignyte Award Winners". Locus. October 13, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  33. 1 2 3 4 "2025 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 21, 2025. Archived from the original on August 16, 2025. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  34. ↑ "2025 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. November 2, 2025. Archived from the original on January 15, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  35. 1 2 3 "2026 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. August 10, 2026. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  36. ↑ "2026 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. May 30, 2026. Archived from the original on May 31, 2026. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  37. ↑ "2026 Le Guin Prize for Fiction Shortlist". locusmag.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2026. Retrieved July 1, 2026. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
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