Writer on the Verge: Saladin Ahmed

One of the pleasures of a literary convention is a chance to discover new talent. At last autumn's World Fantasy Convention, I had the good luck to be seated next to Saladin Ahmed (web LJ FB) at a writerly dinner. We struck up a conversation and, as writers always do, belly ached about our respective projects. It so happened that we shared a common interest in the exploration of the medieval Muslim world within the fantasy genre. Saladin had already published several stories in a...