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Sofia Samatar

SOFIA SAMATAR is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir The White Mosque , a PEN/Jean Stein Award Finalist. Her works range from the World Fantasy Award-winning novel A Stranger in Olondria to Tone , a study of literary tone with Kate Zambreno. Samatar lives in Virginia and teaches African literature, Arabic literature, and speculative fiction at James Madison University.