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Zeyn Joukhadar is a Syrian American writer. Joukhadar is the recipient of the 2021 Stonewall Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for The Thirty Names of Night. Biography Zeyn Joukhadar is nonbinary and uses he/him/they pronouns. Joukhadar is originally from New York City and has a PhD in Pathobiology from Brown University. Prior to pursuing writing full time, he worked as a biomedical research scientist. His first novel, The Map of Salt and Stars, was published in 2018. Published works Novels Joukhadar, Zeyn (2018). The Map of Salt and Stars: A Novel. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1501169038. Joukhadar, Zeyn (2020). The Thirty Names of Night: A Novel. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1982121495. Anthology (Fiction) Joukhadar, Zeyn (2021). "The Voyeurs". In Kwon, R.O.; Greenwell, Garth (eds.). Kink: Stories. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1982110215. Joukhadar, Zeyn (2023). "Tiresias". In Northington, Jenn; Williams, S. Zainab (eds.). Fit For the Gods. Vintage. ISBN 9780593469248. Anthology (Non-Fiction) Joukhadar, Zeyn (2022). "Catching the Light: Reclaiming Opera as a Trans Arab". In Jahshan, Elias (ed.). This Arab Is Queer. Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0863564789. Joukhadar, Zeyn (2023). "On Queerness". In Anappara, Deepa; Soomro, Taymour (eds.). Letters to a Writer of Colour. Vintage. ISBN 978-1529115840. Honors and awards Won The Map of Salt and Stars 2018 Middle East Book Award - Youth Literature Award The Thirty Names of Night 2021 Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award 2021 Lambda Literary Award - Transgender Fiction Nominated The Map of Salt and Stars 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist - Historical Fiction 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist - Debut Author 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize shortlist - Best Published Novel Short stories and essays 2015 Pushcart Prize - "We Will Tell Our Children," first published in Gulf Stream Literary Magazine 2020 Pushcart Prize - "Incantations for Unsung Boys," first published in the Columbia Journal References. Discover the Zeyn Joukhadar popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Zeyn Joukhadar books.