Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism for both children and adults. Born in the United States to two Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for weaving African culture into creative evocative settings and memorable characters. In a profile of Nnedi’s work titled, “Weapons of Mass Creation”, The New York Times called Nnedi’s imagination “stunning”.
Nnedi’s books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for Best Novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), Kabu Kabu (A Publisher’s Weekly Best Book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an Amazon.com Best Book of the Year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner).
Her latest works include her novel The Book of Phoenix (an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist), her Binti Trilogy (the first of which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella) and her children’s book Chicken in the Kitchen (winner of an Africana Book Award). The final installment of the Binti Trilogy (titled The Night Masquerade) will be released in September and the sequel to Akata Witch (title Akata Warrior) is due out in October. Nnedi is a Full Professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY).
Speculative Fiction Novels (16)
Noor 2021 | science fiction |
Remote Control 2021 | fantasy |
Ikenga 2020 | fantasy, young adult |
Binti: The Complete Trilogy (Binti) 2019 | science fiction, collection |
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Binti #3 of 3) 2018 | science fiction |
Akata Warrior (Akata Witch #2 of 2) 2017 | fantasy, young adult |
Binti: Home (Binti #2 of 3) 2017 | science fiction |
Binti (Binti #1 of 3) 2015 | science fiction |
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death #2 of 2) 2015 | science fiction, magical realism |
Lagoon 2014 | science fiction |
Kabu Kabu 2013 | fantasy, short stories |
Akata Witch (Akata Witch #1 of 2) 2011 | fantasy, young adult |
Who Fears Death (Who Fears Death #1 of 2) 2010 | science fiction, magical realism |
Long Juju Man 2009 | fantasy, young adult |
The Shadow Speaker 2007 | fantasy, young adult |
Zahrah the Windseeker 2005 | fantasy, young adult |