Contact
sofia.ajram@gmail.com
Montreal, Canada
About
Sofia Ajram is a metalsmith, novelist and editor who specializes in feverish stories of anomalous architecture and queer pining. She is the Canadian Arts and Fashion Award–winning designer, founder and metalsmith of Sofia Zakia jewelry as well as the editor of 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 is now available. Sofia lives in Montreal with her cat Isa. Find them online @sofiaajram.
Find them on Twitter/X, BlueSky, Threads, TikTok, and Instagram @sofiaajram.
Social Media
Sofia Zakia | Instagram | Twitter | BlueSky | TikTok | Threads
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)
Professional
Costume and Prop-Making
Digital Photography and Retouching
Fine Jewelry Design and Production
Graphic Design
Illustration
Public Speaking
Writing
Praise for COUP DE GRÂCE
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
Select Clients & Collaborators
Atticus
Bullett Magazine
Crystal Lake Publishing
DreamHack
Kathe Koja
Kesha
Lyndsie Alguire
Mark Z. Danielewski
Riot Games
Tor Nightfire
Urban Outfitters
Vice Magazine
Achievements & Features
Interviews & Lectures
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)
Selected Awards & Exhibitions
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)