Kiini Ibura Salaam

Kiini Ibura Salaam
Born	1973 (age 51–52) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Website
www.kiiniibura.com

Kiini Ibura Salaam (born 1973) is an American essayist, science fiction and fantasy short story writer, and painter.^[1] Her short story collection Ancient, Ancient won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for 2012.^[2]

She is the daughter of writer and activist Kalamu ya Salaam.^[3]

Works

Short story collections

• Ancient, Ancient (Aqueduct Press, 2012)^[4]
• When the World Wounds (Third Man Books, 2016)^[5]

Anthologies and essays

• Dark Matter
• Dark Matter II: Reading the Bones
• Mojo: Conjure Stories
• Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
• Best Black Women's Erotica 2

Awards

• 2012 James Tiptree, Jr. Award for Ancient, Ancient^[1][2]

See also

• Afrofuturism
• Black science fiction

References

1. "James Tiptree, Jr. Award-Winning Author Kiini Ibura Salaam on Doing What We Can ". SF Signal. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
2. "2012 Winners of the James Tiptree Jr. Award Announced!". Tor.com. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
3. "jewel bush: Celebrating three decades of "Community" service". Uptown Messenger. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
4. "Strange Horizons Reviews: Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam, reviewed by Richard Larson". Strangehorizons.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
5. "Altered Bodies, Familiar Histories: Kiini Ibura Salaam's When the World Wounds". Tor.com. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

External links

• Official website and blog