Mazin Saleem was born in Manchester, UK and is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. His debut book The Prick is out now with Open Pen London. The follow-up The Pricklet is available in a limited edition. His short fiction has appeared in 3AM magazine, Litro Magazine, The Literateur, and Minor Literature[s]. He writes essays and reviews on books and films for Strange Horizons and Pornokitsch and his writing has appeared in Tribune magazine, Big Other and Little Atoms.