Nnedi Okorafor is the author of multiple award-winning and New York Times bestsellers. Her latest book is "Death of the Author." She has won every major prize in speculative fiction, including the World Fantasy, Nebula and Eisner Awards, multiple Hugo Awards, and the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Born in Cincinnati to Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents, she now resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with her daughter, Anyaugo.
Awards: Hugo Award, Nebula Award, MacMillan Writer's Prize; Tiptree Honor; World Fantasy Award; Eisner Award; Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
Communities: Arizona Author, African American
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