Shannon A. Chakraborty[2] (born December 7, 1985) is an American historical fantasy and speculative fiction writer based in Queens, New York, best known for The Daevabad Trilogy.[3]
S. A. Chakraborty | |
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| Born | December 7, 1985[1] New Jersey, U.S. |
| Period | 2017–present |
| Genre | Historical fantasy |
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| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| sachakraborty | |
Literary career
editChakraborty's debut novel, The City of Brass, was highly acclaimed when it debuted in 2017 and was a finalist for several science fiction and fantasy awards, including the Crawford Award, Compton Crook Award, Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, World Fantasy Award. It won the Booknest.eu award for best Debut Novel. The sequel, The Kingdom of Copper, was published to critical acclaim in 2019, and later that year Chakraborty was named a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award.[4] The final installment in the Daevabad trilogy, The Empire of Gold, was released in June 2020. The River of Silver: Tales From the Daevabad Trilogy, a collection of stories taking place in Daevabad, came out in 2022.[5]
Chakraborty's next trilogy, pitched as Ocean's Eleven meets Pirates of the Caribbean, is set in the 12th-century Indian Ocean. In the series debut, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, an infamous retired pirate returns to her old profession when she is offered the chance to right a wrong from her past and gain a fabled treasure. It was published in February 2023 by Harper Voyager.[6][7]
Adaptations
editIn May 2020, it was announced that Complete Fiction, a film and television company, would be developing The Daevabad Trilogy as a series for Netflix.[8]
Personal life
editChakraborty was born and raised in New Jersey to Catholic parents[9] and converted to Islam in her teens;[10] Chakraborty is her married name.[11] She originally intended to be a historian specializing in the Middle East; however, the financial crisis around 2008 derailed those plans, so while she worked to support herself and her husband, she also kept herself occupied by writing what she called "historical fan fiction" that later became her first novel, The City of Brass.[6]
She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.[2]
Awards
edit- Listen List (2024).The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. Narrated by Lameece Issaq and Amin El Gamal. HarperAudio.[12]
Bibliography
editThe Daevabad Trilogy
edit- The City of Brass (2017) ISBN 978-0062678119
- The Kingdom of Copper (2019) ISBN 978-0062678133
- The Empire of Gold (2020) ISBN 978-0008239497
Amina al-Sirafi
editShort fiction
edit- "The Djinn" (2011) (as S. Ali), published in Expanded Horizons issue 29, June 2011
- "Yerushalom" (2011) (as S. Ali), published in Crossed Genres issue 31, July 2011
- "Bilaadi" (2012) (as S. Ali), published in The Future Fire February 2012
Collections
edit- The River of Silver: Tales From the Daevabad Trilogy (2022) ISBN 978-0063093737
References
edit- ^ "Summary Bibliography: S.A. Chakraborty". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ a b "About". S.A. Chakraborty. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Deahl, Rachel (October 19, 2016). "Frankfurt Book Fair 2016: Two Fantasy Debuts Nabbed in Major Deals". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. July 28, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ "The River of Silver". HarperCollins. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Charaipotra, Sona (May 1, 2020). "In Her Goodbye to Daevebad, S.A. Chakraborty Goes Gold". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "S. A. Chakraborty". S. A. Chakraborty. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ Dalton2020-05-20T00:59:00+01:00, Ben. "Edgar Wright, Nira Park, Joe Cornish, Rachael Prior launch production company Complete Fiction". Screen. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Krishna, Swapna. "S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass started out as history fan fiction". SyFy Wire. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ McDonald, James. "Interview with S.A. Chakraborty". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Chakraborty, S. A. "Shannon/S. A. Chakraborty on Twitter". Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Moore, Ninah.(2024). 2024 RUSA Listen List Revealed. American Library Association, January 20, 2024.