Sofia Samatar writes literary fantasy, short fiction and memoir about language, empire, migration and the stories people inherit from places they no longer fully belong to. A Stranger in Olondria follows Jevick, a young man from an island culture who becomes obsessed with the books and language of Olondria before a ghost disrupts his imagined relationship with that civilisation. The Winged Histories returns to the same world through four women whose lives intersect with war, religion and revolution. Monster Portraits, created with Del Samatar, blends text and art, while The White Mosque combines travel, history and memoir around a Mennonite community in Central Asia. Samatar’s prose is dense, lyrical and allusive. Her work suits literary fantasy, postcolonial speculative fiction and hybrid memoir. Read more Less
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