Sami Ahmad Khan is a writer, academic, and documentary producer.Completing his master’s in English at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), ha went to the University of Iowa on a Fulbright grant. He holds a PhD degree in SF, and is a member of the Indian Science Fiction Writers’ Association (ISFWA) and the Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies (IASFS). Red Jihad, Sami’s debut thriller, won NBT’s National Debut Youth Fiction Award and was runner-up in the Muse India Young Writer Award.