Sophia Khan
Sophia Khan is the author of Dear Yasmeen (Periscope Books, 2016) and The Flight of the Arconaut (Westland Books, 2020). Her short fiction has appeared in Hybrid Tapestries: The Development of Pakistani Literature in English, Kestrel Magazine and Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia, among others.
Works
2020
The Flight of the Arconaut
In a post-apocalyptic world, 3,000 years after a comet hits Earth, two factions rule: the Atlantean Empire and the Barbarics. Against this backdrop, the protagonist Nyx Cormorant battles to preserve all she holds dear.
2016
Dear Yasmeen
Awards and Recognition
- Khan, Sophia. Yasmeen shortlisted for the Karachi Literature Festival Getz Pharma Fiction Prize, 2017 and the Shakti Butt First Book Prize, 2016
- Khan, Sophia. “Aabirah” Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, 2016
Press and Media Mentions
- Ten Things Writing has Taught Me
- Giving life to words
- A Writer's Life: Sophia Khan on Her Debut Novel, 'Yasmeen'
- Book Review: Yasmeen (by Sophia Khan)
- Lifting the lid
- 0:06 / 17:25 Who is Yasmeen? Live with Sophia Khan
- ‘I wanted to create a non-Western-centric post-apocalyptic world,’ says Sophia Khan
- Micro review: 'The Flight of the Arconaut' by Sophia Khan
- A new heroine emerges on Earth after a catastrophic comet strike as two empires prepare to go to war
- Tinker a Tale
- The Flight of the Arconaut: Rise of the unlikely hero
- Karachi Literature Festival line-up announced
- Reader’s guide: Here’s the shortlist for Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016
- 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist
Sher Khan Photography
Location
Ann Arbor, MI
Author Contact
Category
Fiction & Literature, Sci-Fi & Fantasy