Search
Home / Authors / Amal El-Mohtar
Amal El-Mohtar
Photo: Rosiestep / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author

Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar is a Canadian poet and speculative fiction writer, born on 13 December 1984 in Ottawa. Best-known works include This Is How You Lose the Time War. Honours include Locus Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Short Story and Locus Award for Best Short Story.

The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Amal El-Mohtar, mostly fantasy and lgbtq+, published by Tordotcom, first published in 2025.

Born 13 December 1984, OttawaFrom Canada
Website ↗Instagram ↗Goodreads ↗Wikipedia ↗
Books reviewed1
Our average4.0★from 1 rated
Our review
The River Has Roots cover
The River Has Roots2025 · ★ 4.0
GenresFantasy 1LGBTQ+ 1Novella 1PublishersTordotcom

Awards & honours

9 recorded
Hugo Award for Best Novella2020, 2026Locus Award for Best Novella2020, 2026Ignyte Award for Best Novella2020, 2026Locus Award for Best Short Story2015, 2017

Literary prizes

BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction 2019Rhysling Award 2009

Genre awards

Hugo Award for Best Novella 2020, 2026Ignyte Award for Best Novella 2020, 2026Locus Award for Best Novella 2020, 2026Locus Award for Best Short Story 2015, 2017Nebula Award for Best Novella 2020Nebula Award for Best Short Story 2017Hugo Award for Best Short Story 2017

Books

1 book
The River Has Roots cover
The River Has Roots2025 · ★ 4.0

Frequently asked questions

How many Amal El-Mohtar books has The Bookish Elf reviewed?

We have reviewed 1 book by Amal El-Mohtar: The River Has Roots.

About us

The Bookish Elf is your single, trusted, daily source for all the news, ideas and richness of literary life. The Bookish Elf is a site you can rely on for book reviews, author interviews, book recommendations, and all things books.

Contact us: [email protected]

Quick Links

Recent Posts

It Ends Here by Heidi Perks

Psychological Thriller 0
A gunshot at 7.26 on a Monday morning, a shuttered marina café and five people inside, one of whom is holding the gun. Heidi Perks turns a hostage siege into a guessing game played across a single morning, and mostly wins it, though the middle stretch circles before the end lands.

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

Literary Fiction 0
Four linked stories about a ten-year-old boy on a Salinas Valley ranch, each one teaching him something nobody intended to teach. Frequently handed to children, and one of the least consoling books Steinbeck wrote.

Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson

Romance 0
A novelist whose million-dollar debut was sunk by one review corners the critic who wrote it, and their six-minute fight goes viral. Robinson's sharp, funny romance is really about the fear of being disliked, though its online villains are flat and the late crisis is contrived.

Subscribe