Nadia Shammas

Nadia Shammas is an award-winning Palestinian-American writer and game developer originally from Brooklyn, New York, now living in Toronto, Ontario. She is best known for SQUIRE (co-created with Sara Alfageeh), a young adult Middle Eastern fantasy graphic novel published by HarperCollins and winner of the 2022 Harvey Award for Best Children’s or Young Adult Book. She is also the writer and co-creator of WHERE BLACK STARS RISE (co-created with Marie Enger), an adult eldritch Arab horror graphic novella. Most recently, she worked as a narrative designer on the upcoming Outerloop Studios game THIRSTY SUITORS.

Nadia Shammas

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