Agents & Editors IBRAHIM AHMAD

Ibrahim Ahmad, the former editorial director of Akashic Books, now an executive editor at Viking, talks about his experience moving from an indie press to one of the Big Five publishers and what grabs his attention in a submission.

VIVIAN LEE

AS AN editor, Ibrahim Ahmad brings to his work a global perspective along with a punk philosophy in the truest, most grassroots sense. He has worked in publishing for over two decades, inspired by an ethos of political activism and the strong, independent-minded underground culture of the nineties, working his way up at Akashic Books from intern to editorial director and then, in 2021, moving over to Viking, where as an executive editor he is publishing the groundbreaking and thought-provoking fiction and nonfiction he had come to be known for at the indie press. Ahmad grew up in Washington, D.C., where as a teenager he was involved in the local music scene, volunteering at an organization called Positive Force in the 1990s, putting on shows for groups like Fugazi and…

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