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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.[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. Solaris Books. 2024. ISBN 9781837861835.

Novellas

Novelettes

Short stories

Collections

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2021 And What Can We Offer You Tonight Nebula Award Novella Won [12]
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]
2022 And What Can We Offer You Tonight World Fantasy Award Novella Won [17]
The Annual Migration of Clouds Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Won [18]
A Broken Darkness Aurora Award Novel Nominated [18]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted [19]
Locus Award Horror Novel Finalist [20]
These Lifeless Things Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Nominated [18]
British Fantasy Award Novella Shortlisted [19]
2023 No One Will Come Back for Us BSFA Award Collection Shortlisted [21]
The Void Ascendant Aurora Award Novel Nominated [22]
2024 “At Every Door a Ghost” Aurora Award Short Fiction Won [23]
Locus Award Short Story Finalist [24]
The Butcher of the Forest Nebula Award Novella Nominated [25]
No One Will Come Back for Us Aurora Award Related Work Nominated [23]
British Fantasy Award Collection Shortlisted [26]
Ignyte Award Anthology/Collected Works Won [27]
Locus Award Collection Finalist [24]
World Fantasy Award Collection Won [28]
The Siege of Burning Grass Ursula K. Le Guin Prize — Shortlisted [29]
2025 The Butcher of the Forest Aurora Award Novelette/Novella Won [8]
Hugo Award Novella Finalist [30]
Ignyte Award Novella Finalist [31]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [32]
World Fantasy Award Novella Nominated [33]
“By Salt, by Sea, by Light of Stars” Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [30]
Locus Award Novelette Won [32]
“The Night Birds” Locus Award Short Story Finalist [32]
The Siege of Burning Grass Aurora Award Novel Won [8]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [32]
2026 The First Thousand Trees Aurora Award Novella/Novellette Pending [34]
Hunted To Extinction Short Fiction Pending [34]
One Message Remains Related Work Pending [34]
Locus Award Collection Finalist [35]

Notes

  1. ^ These Lifeless Things is part of the Solaris Satellites series, where each novella is by a different author.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Wolf, Rob (September 11, 2020). “Premee Mohamed Is Not a ‘New’ Writer”. LitHub. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Woodbury, Mary. “Spotlight – Premee Mohamed”. Dragonfly.eco. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Arley Sorg (May 2023). “Gods Aren’t Necessarily Nice: A Conversation with Premee Mohamed”. Clarkesworld. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  4. ^ “Premee Mohamed”. Penguin Books. Penguin. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Johnson, Andrea (March 9, 2020). “Interview: Premee Mohamed, author of Beneath the Rising”. nerds of a feather, flock together. 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. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c “2025 Aurora Awards Winners”. Locus Online. August 11, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  9. ^ “Rebellion Publishing to release new novella series Solaris Satellites”. Rebellion Publishing. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  10. ^ “The End of the World as We Know It,”. simonandschuster.com. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  11. ^ “Hunted to Extinction”. isfdb.org. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  12. ^ “2021 Nebula Awards Winners”. Locus. May 21, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  13. ^ “2021 Aurora Awards Winners”. Locus. October 18, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  14. ^ “2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners”. Locus. September 27, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  15. ^ “Nghi Vo Wins Crawford Award”. Locus. March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  16. ^ “2021 Locus Awards Winners”. Locus. June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  17. ^ “2022 World Fantasy Awards Winners”. Locus. November 6, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  18. ^ a b c “2022 Aurora Awards Winners”. Locus. August 15, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  19. ^ a b “2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners”. Locus. September 19, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  20. ^ “2022 Locus Awards Winners”. Locus. June 25, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  21. ^ “2023 BSFA Awards Winners”. Locus. April 3, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  22. ^ “2023 Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame Inductees”. Locus. August 21, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  23. ^ a b “2024 Aurora Awards Winners”. Locus. August 12, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  24. ^ a b “2024 Locus Awards Winners”. Locus. June 22, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  25. ^ “2024 Nebula Awards Winners”. Locus. June 7, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  26. ^ “2024 British Fantasy Awards Winners”. Locus. October 14, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  27. ^ “2024 Ignyte Award Winners”. Locus. November 8, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  28. ^ “2024 World Fantasy Awards Winners”. Locus. 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. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  30. ^ a b “2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners”. Locus. August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  31. ^ “2025 Ignyte Award Winners”. Locus. October 13, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  32. ^ a b c d “2025 Locus Awards Winners”. Locus. June 21, 2025. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  33. ^ “2025 World Fantasy Awards Winners”. Locus. November 2, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  34. ^ a b c Mike Glyer (April 20, 2026). “2026 Aurora Nominees”. File 770. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  35. ^ “2026 Locus Awards Winners”. Locus Online. May 30, 2026. Retrieved May 31, 2026.