About
Sofia Ajram is a metalsmith, novelist and editor of queer and speculative stories. They are the Canadian Arts and Fashion Award–winning designer, founder and metalsmith of Sofia Zakia jewelry as well as the editor of the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror. Sofia has given lectures on contemporary horror films at Monstrum Montreal and has had their work published in Nightmare Magazine. Their debut novella, Coup de Grâce, was named a Best Book of 2024 by Barnes & Noble, Esquire, and is also nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction. Sofia lives in Montreal with his cat Isa.
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Writing & Editing"The H Word: The Horrors Persist But So Do We" (Nonfiction) pub. Nightmare Magazine (Nov 2024) COUP DE GRÂCE pub. Titan Books (Oct 1, 2024) Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror pub. Ghoulish Books (Editing; March 2024) "The Roses of Heliogabalus". THE PLEASURE IN PAIN ANTHOLOGY, pub. The Dragon's Roost Press (March 2024) "The Brazen Bull". PLAYLIST OF THE DAMNED, pub. Weird Little Worlds Press (June 2024) "Acid Bath" in Little Mutilations. pub. Crystal Lake Publishing (April 2023) "The Arborglyph". LOST CONTACT, pub. Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing (2021) Achievements & FeaturesInterviews & LecturesRead Quebec Book Fair - "How I got Published: Fiction Edition" (2024) Belletrist STACKED (2024) Horror Writers Association - Mental Health Initiative - "Holistic Horror" (2024) Talking Scared - Episode 215 - "Sofia Ajram & The Architecture of Despair" (2024) Belletrist Brief (2024) DreadCentral - "Sofia Ajram on Their Chilling New Novella" (2024) The ARC Party Podcast - "Sofia Ajram COUP DE GRÂCE" (2024) StokerCon: "Exploring Queerness as 'Otherness' in Horror" (Panelist) (2024) StokerCon: "Anomalous Architecture: Unusual and Liminal Settings" (Moderator) (2023) StokerCon: "Algorithmic Possession: Confronting Big Tech on the Page" (Panelist) (2023) Scarred for Life Podcast - Episode 184: "Author Sofia Ajram and Rose Red (2002)" (2023) Ghoulish Podcast - Episode 136: "The Afterlife with Sofia Ajram!" (2022) Dead Headspace Podcast - Episode 101: "Sanitized Queerness & Horror" (2021) Montreal Monstrum - Time-Loop Horror (2019) Jewelry Independent Summit NYC - "Success Comes in Many Forms" (2019) ProfessionalCostume and Prop-Making Digital Photography and Retouching Fine Jewelry Design and Production Graphic Design Illustration Public Speaking Writing | Praise for COUP DE GRÂCEReactor Mag (Dec 2024) - The Horror of Liminal Spaces: Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram Locus Magazine (Feb 2025) Review Rue Morgue Magazine (Jan/Feb 2025) Review Quill & Quire - Review (Nov 2024) ⭐ Publishers Weekly - STAR Review (Aug 2024) ⭐ Booklist - STAR Review (Sept 2024) FanFiAddict - Review: COUP DE GRÂCE by Sofia Ajram (Sept 2024) F(r)iction - A review of COUP DE GRÂCE by Sofia Ajram (Aug 2024) BARNES & NOBLE BEST HORROR 2024 A POLYGON MUST READ BOOK OF FALL 2024 A BOOK RIOT MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR NOVEL FALL 2024 A PASTE MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR BOOK FALL 2024 AN ESQUIRE BEST HORROR BOOK OF 2024 Selected Awards & ExhibitionsFinalist - Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction (2025) - Coup de Grâce Finalist - Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (2024) - Coup de Grâce Finalist - Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2024) - Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror Finalist - Aurora Awards for Best Related Work (2025) - Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror Finalist - This Is Horror Award for Novella of the Year (2025) - Coup de Grâce Winner – CAFA, Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent, Accessories (2018) Tribeca Games Presents the Craft and Creative of League of Legends, New York (Group, 2015) Rencontres de la Photographie de Montreal Exhibition, Montreal (Group, 2015) ARTV + MassivArt Exhibition - Place Des Arts, Montreal (Group, 2014) Twenty Thirteen - United Kingdom (Group, 2013) MassivArt Chromatic 2013 - Montreal (Group, 2013) Galerie McClure - Montreal (Group, 2013) Beware 4e Anniversary - Paris (Group, 2013) Select Clients & CollaboratorsAtticus Crystal Lake Publishing DreamHack Kathe Koja Kesha Lyndsie Alguire Mark Z. Danielewski Riot Games Tor Nightfire Urban Outfitters Vice Magazine |