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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]

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OccupationsWriter, scientist
LanguageEnglish
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Premee Mohamed
In a 2026 interview
Born
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
OccupationsWriter, scientist
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Years active2021–present
GenresFantasy, horror
Notable work
Notable awards
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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 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

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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]
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Notes

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

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