Ladan Osman is the author of Exiles of Eden and The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony, winner of the Sillerman Prize. She has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Lannan Foundation, and the Michener Center. Her work in documentary film includes Sam Underground, Sun of the Soil (writer), and The Ascendants, a music docuseries forthcoming in October 2020. Osman lives in New York.