Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is an Australian novelist, teacher and community arts worker.

Ahmad was born in Inner Sydney and attended Punchbowl Boys High School.

In 2012, Ahmad founded SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement, an arts organisation that promotes literacy in Western Sydney.

In 2014 he published his debut novel The Tribe with Giramondo. Ahmad has stated he was motivated to write The Tribe in order to counteract negative stereotypes about Arab Australians that flourished in Australia following the September 11 attacks.

In 2017 Ahmad received his Doctorate of Creative Arts at Western Sydney University.

In 2018 he published The Lebs with Hachette, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.

• Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists Award (2015) - won
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award (2019) - Winner