Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor
	Cincinnati, Silimin gɔli April 8, 1974 (run 52)
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ	America; Nigeria
	Nigerian Americans (en) ; Igbo people (en)
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ	University of Illinois Chicago (mul) Ph.D. (mul) : Silmiinsili; Homewood-Flossmoor High School (en)
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu	Silmiinsili
Tuma
Tuma	novelist (en) , sasabira, science fiction writer (en) , children's writer (en) , educator (en) ni comics writer (en)
Tuma shee	Chicago
Ŋun kpuɣi o tuma	University at Buffalo (en)
Magnum opus	Nsibidi Scripts (en) ; Binti (en) ; Akata Woman (en) ; Akata Warrior (en) ; Akata Witch (en) ; The Book of Phoenix (en) ; Ikenga (en) ; Lagoon (en) ; The Shadow Speaker (en) ; Who Fears Death (en) ; Zahrah the Windseeker (en) ; Binti: The Night Masquerade (en)
Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee	view World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2011) : Who Fears Death (en) ; Nebula Award for Best Novella (2016) : Binti (en) ; Hugo Award for Best Novella (2016) : Binti (en) ; Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa (2008) : Zahrah the Windseeker (en) ; OkayAfrica 100 Women (2018) ; OkayAfrica 100 Women (2017) ; Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (2018) : Akata Warrior (en) ; Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album — Reprint (2020) : LaGuardia (en) ; Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2020) : LaGuardia (en) ; Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel (2014) : Who Fears Death (en) ; Nommo Novella Award (2017) : Binti (en) ; Nommo Graphic Novel Award (2019) : unknown value; [[]] (2021) : Akata Witch (en) ; Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2026) : Death of the Author (en) ;
Pii zali	view Theodore Sturgeon Award (en) ; (2005) : The Magical Negro (en) ; Locus Award for Best First Novel (en) ; (2006) : Zahrah the Windseeker (en) ; Otherwise Award (en) ; (2007) : The Shadow Speaker (en) ; Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (en) ; (2008) : The Shadow Speaker (en) ; WSFA Small Press Award (en) ; (2009) ; Nebula Award for Best Novel (en) ; (2011) : Who Fears Death (en) ; Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (en) ; (2011) : Who Fears Death (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novelette (en) ; (2012) : The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book) (en) ; Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (en) ; (2012) : Akata Witch (en) ; Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel (en) ; (2014) : Who Fears Death (en) ; BSFA Award for Best Novel (en) ; (2014) : Lagoon (en) ; Locus Award for Best Collection (en) ; (2014) : Kabu Kabu (en) ; BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (en) ; (2015) : Binti (en) ; Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (en) ; (2015) : Lagoon (en) ; Arthur C. Clarke Award (en) ; (2016) : The Book of Phoenix (en) ; British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2016) : Binti (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2016) : Binti (en) ; Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (en) ; (2016) : The Book of Phoenix (en) ; Locus Award for Best Short Story (en) ; (2017) : Afrofuturist 419 (en) ; Hugo Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2018) : Binti: Home (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2018) : Binti: Home (en) ; Locus Award for Best Short Story (en) ; (2019) : Mother of Invention (en) ; British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2019) : Binti: The Night Masquerade (en) ; Hugo Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2019) : Binti: The Night Masquerade (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novelette (en) ; (2020) : Binti: Sacred Fire (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novelette (en) ; (2022) : The Black Pages (en) ; Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (en) ; (2022) : Noor (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2022) : Remote Control (en) ; Locus Award for Best Short Story (en) ; (2024) : Stones (en) ; Locus Award for Best Novella (en) ; (2025) : She Who Knows (en) ; Locus Award for Best Anthology (en) ; (2026) : The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 (en) ;
Influenced by	Ben Okri, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (mul) , Stephen King (mul) , Buchi Emecheta (mul) , Hayao Miyazaki (mul) , Tove Jansson (mul) ni Nawal El Saadawi (en)
Laɣingu	Africanfuturism (en)
Nuu tuunbaŋsim balibu	feminist science fiction (en) ; science fiction literature (en) ; fantasy (en)
IMDb	nm5665589
	nnedi.com

Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor( o nyɛla bɛ ni lahi mi so Okorafor-Mbachu; bɛ dɔɣi o la Silimin goli April dabaanii dali, yuuni 1974 ni)^[1] o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Nigeria mini America sasabira mini tabiibi salin' sabira n ti pahi fantasy din nyɛ bihi mini bikura dina. O nyɛla bɛ ni mi so ka o su Binti Series ni o salinwaɣila din nyɛ Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon n ti pahi Remote Control.

Kpaŋmaŋa pina

Novel and novellas

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Hugo Award	2016	Best Novella	Binti	Won	^[2]
	2018		Binti: Home	Nominated	^[3]
	2019		Binti: The Night Masquerade	Nominated	^[3]
	2018	Lodestar Award	Akata Warrior	Won	^[3]
	2023	Lodestar Award	Akata Woman	Won	^[4]
Nebula Award	2011	Best Novel	Who Fears Death	Nominated	^[3]
	2016	Best Novella	Binti	Won	^[3]
	2008	Andre Norton Award	The Shadow Speaker	Finalist	^[3]
	2012	Andre Norton Award	Akata Witch	Finalist	^[3]
World Fantasy Award	2011	Best Novel	Who Fears Death	Won	^[5]
Locus Award	2006	Best First Novel	Zahrah The Windseeker	Nominated	^[3]
	2008	Best Young Adult book	The Shadow Speaker	Nominated	^[3]
	2011		Akata Witch	Nominated	^[3]
	2019		Akata Warrior	Won	^[3]
	2011	Best Science fiction	Who Fears Death	Nominated	^[3]
	2022	Best Science fiction	Noor	Finalist	^[6]
	2014	Best Collection	Kabu Kabu	Nominated	^[3]
	2016	Best Novella	Binti	Nominated	^[3]
	2018		Binti: Home	Nominated	^[3]
	2022		Remote Control	Finalist	^[6]
Nommo Award	2018	Best Novel	Akata Warrior	Nominated	^[3]
	2016	Best Novella	Binti	Won	^[3]
	2018		Binti: Home	Nominated	^[3]
	2019		Binti:The Night Masquerade	Nominated	^[3]
Arthur C. Clarke Award	2016	Best Novel	The Book of Phoenix	Shortlisted	^[3]
British Fantasy Award	2016	Best Novella	Binti	Nominated	^[3]
British Fantasy Award	2019	Best Novella	Binti: The Night Masquerade	Nominated	^[3]
British SF Association Award	2015	Best Novel	Lagoon	Nominated	^[3]
British SF Association Award	2016	Best Short Story	Binti	Nominated	^[7]
Otherwise Award	2008	Honor List	The Shadow Speaker	Won	^[3]
	2011		Who Fears Death	Won	^[3]
	2015		Lagoon	Won	^[3]
John W. Campbell Memorial Award	2016	Best Novel	The Book of Phoenix	Finalist	^[3]
Carl Brandon Award	2006	Kindred Award	Zahrah The Windseeker	Shortlisted	^[3]
	2006	Kindred Award	Who Fears Death	Won	^[3]
	2008	Parallax Award	The Shadow Speaker	Won	^[3]
	2006	Parallax Award	Zahrah The Windseeker	Shortlisted	^[3]
Golden Duck Award	2008	Hal Clement Award	The Shadow Speaker	Nominated	^[3]
Kurd Laßwitz Award	2018	Best Foreign Novel	The Book of Phoenix	Won	^[8]
The Kitschies	2015	Red Tentacle	Lagoon	Nominated	^[3]

Comics

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Hugo Award	2019	Best Graphic Story or Comic	Black Panther: Long Live The King	Nominated	^[3]
Hugo Award	2021	Best Graphic Story or Comic	LaGuardia	Won	^[9]
Nommo Award	2019	Best Graphic Novel	Shuri	Won	^[3]
Nommo Award	2019	Best Graphic Novel	Black Panther:Long Live The King	Nominated	^[3]
Eisner Award	2021	Best Graphic Album - Reprint	LaGuardia	Won	^[9]

Short fiction, memoir and novelette

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Locus Award	2011	Best Novelette	The Book of Phoenix	Nominated	^[3]
	2022	Best Novelette	The Black Pages	Finalist	^[6]
	2017	Best Short Story	Africanfuturist 419	Nominated	^[3]
	2019	Best Short Story	Mother of Invention	Finalist	^[3]
	2020	Best nonfiction	Broken Places and Outer Spaces:Finding Creativity in the Unexpected	Nominated	^[3]
	2020	Best Short Story	Binti: Sacred fire	Won	^[3]
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award	2005	Best Short Story	The Magical Negro	Shortlisted	^[3]
Ignotus Award	2019	Foreign Short Story	Binti	Won	^[3]
WSFA Small Press Award	2008	Best Short Story	Spider the Artist	Nominated	^[3]

Other awards

2005 – The Strange Horizons Reader's Choice Award for Stephen King's Super-Duper Magical Negroes^[10]
2007–2008 – Macmillan Writers' Prize for Africa for Long Juju Man^[7]
2008 – Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa for Zahrah the Windseeker^[11]
2012 – Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction) for Zahrah the Windseeker^[12]^[13]
2015 – African Literary Person of the Year from Brittle Paper^[14]
2016 – Children's Africana Book Award for Best Book for Young Readers for Chicken in the Kitchen^[15]
Mathical Honors for Binti^[16]

Bibliography

Children

Long Juju Man (2009, Macmillan Africa)
Iridessa and the Secret of the Never Mine (2012, Disney Books)
Chicken in the Kitchen (2020, Lantana publishing)

Young adult

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; paperback 2008, Graphia/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)—writing as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Ikenga (2020, Viking/Penguin/PRH)
The Desert Magician Duology
- The Shadow Speaker (2007, Hyperion/Disney)—writing as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Like Thunder (2023, DAW/Astra/PRH)
Nsibidi Script Series
- Akata Witch (2011, Viking/Penguin) (published as What Sunny Saw in the Flames in Nigeria and the UK by Cassava Republic Press)
- Akata Warrior (2017, Viking/Penguin/PRH) (published as Sunny and the Mysteries of Osisi in Nigeria and the UK by Cassava Republic Press)
- Akata Woman (2022, Viking/Penguin/PRH)

Adult

"Hello, Moto" (2011, Tor.com)^[17]
Kabu Kabu (2013, Prime Books)
Lagoon (2014, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.) (2015, Saga Press/Simon & Schuster)
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected (TED Books) (2019, TED/Simon & Schuster)
Remote Control (2021, Tor.com)
Noor (2021, DAW/Penguin/PRH)
Death of the Author (2025, William Morrow/HarperCollins)
Who Fears Death
- Who Fears Death (2010, DAW/Penguin)
- The Book of Phoenix (2015, DAW/Penguin/PRH) (prequel of Who Fears Death)
- She Who Knows:Firespitter (2024, DAW/Astra/PRH)
- One Way Witch (forthcoming 2025, DAW/Astra/PRH)
Binti Trilogy
- Binti (2015, Tor.com)
- Binti: Home (2017, Tor.com)
- Binti: The Night Masquerade (2018, Tor.com)

Comics

Black Panther: Long Live the King (2017, Marvel)
LaGuardia (2018, Dark Horse)
Shuri (2018, Marvel)
Wakanda Forever (2018, Marvel)
Antar: the Black Knight (2018, IDW/Mirage Films)
Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020, Marvel)
After The Rain (2021, Abrams ComicArts – Megascope)

Short fiction

The Palm Tree Bandit (Strange Horizons, December 2000)
Crossroads ( The Witching Hour Anthology, 2001)
Windseekers (2002)
Asuquo, or The Winds of Harmattan (2003)
The Magical Negro (2004)
When Scarabs Multiply (2004)
Biafra (Margin Anthology of Magical Realism, 2005)
Asunder (African Writer Online, 2007)
The Popular Mechanic (2007)
The Chaos Magician (2007)
Spider the Artist (Seeds of Change Anthology, 2008)
From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 (Clarkesworld #32, May 2009)
On the Road (2009)
Icon (2010)
Tumaki (2010)
The Go-Slow (Way of the Wizard Anthology, 2010)
The Book of Phoenix (Excepted from the Great Book) (Clarkesworld #54, March 2011)
Wahala (2011)
How Nnedi Got Her Curved Spine (2012)
The Baboon War (2012)
The Chaos Magician's Mega Chemistry Set (Apex Magazine #36, May 2012)
African Sunrise (Excerpted from The Great Book) (Subterranean Press, 2012)
Moom! ( "AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers", 2012) ^[18]
The Girl with the Magic Hands (Worldreader, 2013)
Ozioma the Wicked (2013)
Bakasi Man (2013)
"It's War" short story in "Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History" (2014, Crossed Genres)
Showlogo (2014)
"Sunrise" in Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020, Brittle Paper)
Sankofa (Decision Points Anthology, 2016)
Rusties (2016) with Wanuri Kahiu (Clarkesworld #121, October 2016)
Africanfuturist 419 (Clarkesworld #122, November 2016)
History (2017)
Mother of Invention (Slate, February 2018)
The Heart of the Matter (2018)
The Black Pages (Black Stars, Amazon Original Stories 2021)
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches collection, 2023)
Stones (Clarkesworld, September 2023)
Dark Home (Out There Screaming anthology by Jordan Peele, 2023)

Selected filmography

Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century (2013) – Herself^[19]
Ada Twist, Scientist (Season 4, Episode 19) — Alex Akerele^[20]

Kundivihira

↑ Nnedi Okorafor | Authors (en-US).
↑ Barnett, David (August 21, 2016). "Hugo awards see off rightwing protests to celebrate diverse authors". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/21/hugo-awards-winners-nk-jemisin-sad-rabid-puppies.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 sfadb : Nnedi Okorafor Awards.
↑ 2023 Hugo Awards (en-US) (2023-07-06).
↑ 2011 WFA Winner: Who Fears Death. Worlds Without End.
1 2 3 locusmag (May 10, 2022). 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists (en-US).
1 2 "Nnedi Okorafor | Authors | Macmillan" (en-US). US Macmillan. https://us.macmillan.com/author/nnediokorafor/.
↑ locusmag (June 12, 2018). 2018 Kurd Laßwitz Preis (en-US).
1 2 Nnedi Okorafor's LaGuardia Wins 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic (en-US) (August 12, 2020).
↑ Nnedi Okorafor (en) (September 22, 2014).
↑ Jordison, Sam (November 12, 2008). "A Nobel example for our books prize judges" (en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/nov/12/wole-soyinka-prize-nnedi-okorafor.
↑ Okorafor, Nnedi. Zahrah the Windseeker – Nnedi Okorafor (en).
↑ Zahrah the Windseeker wins the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction) (October 30, 2012).
↑ "The 2015 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year Is Nnedi Okorafor". Brittle Paper. December 14, 2015. https://brittlepaper.com/2015/12/revealed-brittle-papers-african-literary-person-year-2/.
↑ Okorafor, Nnedi. Chicken in the Kitchen – Nnedi Okorafor.
↑ "Mathical Book Prizes 2021". https://www.mathicalbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mathical_Booklist_Web_2021.pdf.
↑ Okorafor, Nnedi (November 2, 2011). Hello, Moto. Tor.com.
↑ Hartmann, Ivor W., ed. (2012). AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers. StoryTime. ASIN B00AEUH112.
↑ Obensen, Tambay A. (July 2013). "Sneak Peek: 'Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century'". IndieWire. http://www.indiewire.com/2013/07/sneak-peek-brave-new-souls-black-sci-fi-fantasy-writers-of-the-21st-century-166989/.
↑ Nnedi Okorafor Stars in Famous Netflix Children’s Show Ada Twist, Scientist!.

[1] Nnedi Okorafor | Authors (en-US).

[:5-2] Barnett, David (August 21, 2016). "Hugo awards see off rightwing protests to celebrate diverse authors". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/21/hugo-awards-winners-nk-jemisin-sad-rabid-puppies.

[sfadb_:_Nnedi_Okorafor_Awards-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 sfadb : Nnedi Okorafor Awards.

[4] 2023 Hugo Awards (en-US) (2023-07-06).

[WWE-WFAWIN-5] 2011 WFA Winner: Who Fears Death. Worlds Without End.

[:7-6] 1 2 3 locusmag (May 10, 2022). 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists (en-US).

[:4-7] 1 2 "Nnedi Okorafor | Authors | Macmillan" (en-US). US Macmillan. https://us.macmillan.com/author/nnediokorafor/.

[:6-8] usmag (June 12, 2018). 2018 Kurd Laßwitz Preis (en-US).

[:2-9] 1 2 Nnedi Okorafor's LaGuardia Wins 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic (en-US) (August 12, 2020).

[:3-10] Nnedi Okorafor (en) (September 22, 2014).

[11] Jordison, Sam (November 12, 2008). "A Nobel example for our books prize judges" (en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/nov/12/wole-soyinka-prize-nnedi-okorafor.

[12] Okorafor, Nnedi. Zahrah the Windseeker – Nnedi Okorafor (en).

[13] Zahrah the Windseeker wins the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction) (October 30, 2012).

[14] "The 2015 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year Is Nnedi Okorafor". Brittle Paper. December 14, 2015. https://brittlepaper.com/2015/12/revealed-brittle-papers-african-literary-person-year-2/.

[15] Okorafor, Nnedi. Chicken in the Kitchen – Nnedi Okorafor.

[16] "Mathical Book Prizes 2021". https://www.mathicalbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mathical_Booklist_Web_2021.pdf.

[17] Okorafor, Nnedi (November 2, 2011). Hello, Moto. Tor.com.

[18] Hartmann, Ivor W., ed. (2012). AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers. StoryTime. ASIN B00AEUH112.

[19] Obensen, Tambay A. (July 2013). "Sneak Peek: 'Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century'". IndieWire. http://www.indiewire.com/2013/07/sneak-peek-brave-new-souls-black-sci-fi-fantasy-writers-of-the-21st-century-166989/.

[20] Nnedi Okorafor Stars in Famous Netflix Children’s Show Ada Twist, Scientist!.

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