Saladin Ahmed (born October 4, 1975) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. His 2012 book Throne of the Crescent Moon was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel[1][2][3] and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.[4] He has also been a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award, the Nebula Award for Best Novel[5] and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Ahmed's fiction has been published in anthologies and magazines including Strange Horizons, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Clockwork Phoenix 2 and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.