Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. DJELI CLARK spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. He is the author of the novel A Master of Djinn and the novellas Ring Shout, The Black God's Drums, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. He has won the Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon Awards. His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in print anthologies, including Griots, Hidden Youth, and Clockwork Cairo. He is also a founding member of FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons.
Abeni's Song is simply unlike anything else in the field. An astonishing adventure that managed to thrill, scare, and delight, all while telling a story that is beautifully complicated and moving. Middle grade readers, meet your new favorite author. --Mark Oshiro, award winning author of The Insiders Praise for P. Djeli Clark: Winner of the Nebula, Alex, Locus, and British Fantasy Awards ALA's RUSA Reading List Fantasy Winner One of Speculative Fiction's Rising Stars (Goodreads) Perfect --NPR on The Haunting of Tram Car 015 A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph. --New York Times Book Review on Ring Shout Rousing, boisterous, and clever. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on Ring Shout Readers will be both captivated and entertained. --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Ring Shout Sure to wow. --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on A Master of Djinn