Episode 10: Saladin Ahmed

This week’s guest is Saladin Ahmed.

Saladin Ahmed

Saladin Ahmed is a renowned comic book writer and novelist. A Dearborn born and raised and an alumn of the University of Michigan, he is from an Arab-American family that contributed significantly to the Arab American community. Known for his science fiction and fantasy narratives, his writing touches upon different genres, from prose fiction in his novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon, which was nominated for the Hugo Award and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel, to comic books for mainstream publishers such as Marvel, DC, and Image, on series such as Miles Morales: Spiderman, to his own comic book projects, the series, Terrorwar, with artist Dave Acosta and recently, also with Acosta, a graphic novel, Dragon.