Zain Khalid

Zain Khalid 's writing has appeared in The New Yorker , n+1 , The Believer , Astra Magazine , McSweeney's Quarterly Concern , and elsewhere. His debut novel, Brother Alive , is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for best first book in any genre and was named a best book of 2022 by Library Journal and other outlets. He is a finalist for the 2023 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. He is also the fiction editor at The Drift .

Zain Khalid 's writing has appeared in The New Yorker , n+1 , The Believer , Astra Magazine , McSweeney's Quarterly Concern , and elsewhere. His debut novel, Brother Alive , is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for best first book in any genre and was named a best book of 2022 by Library Journal and other outlets. He is a finalist for the 2023 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. He is also the fiction editor at The Drift . See less