Amal El-Mohtar is a renowned Canadian author of Lebanese descent, best known for her love of fantasy, science-fiction and poems. She gained fame for "This Is How You Lose the Time War," co-authored with Max Gladstone, which won several awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. El-Mohtar has also published a poetry collection, "The Honey Month," and her works have been novellas, reviews, essays, and poems featured in online and print venues.
She writes reviews for the New York Times and is a contributing editor for the short fiction review site, Strange Horizons. In addition to writing, El-Mohtar teaches creative writing at various universities. She has a Bachelor of Humanities from Carleton University, a Masters in English literature from University of Ottawa, and a PhD in English from the same university.