Nnedi Okorafor

Nigerian-American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and comics · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1974 · age 52

Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor is a Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. She is best known for her Binti Series and her novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon and Remote Control. She has also written for comics and film.

Nnedi Okorafor is read about 174 times a day, in 24 languages.

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2026Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAward2021“People treat it with more respect than they treat any police officer. Maybe because the robot is polite, helpful and never asks for bribes.”In their wordsChapter 8, “Everything Happend in the Market” (p. 112)Read the whole statement

“However, time doesn’t change the essence of what you are.”In their wordsChapter 9, “Death” (p. 142)Read the whole statement

“I will never believe in Christ or Allah or any other God. I will never follow any religion.”In their wordsChapter 17, “Milk” (p. 159)Read the whole statement

“The problem with you,” Force said, “is that you’re so used to pain and discomfort that your definition of feeling okay is not the greatest indicator of being okay.”In their wordsChapter 18, “Bukkaru” (p. 185)Read the whole statement

2020Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album - ReprintAwardHugo Award for Best Graphic StoryAward2019Nommo Graphic Novel AwardAward2018Locus Award for Best Young Adult BookAwardOkayAfrica 100 WomenAward2017Nommo Novella AwardAwardOkayAfrica 100 WomenAward2016Hugo Award for Best NovellaAwardNebula Award for Best NovellaAward2015“To know someone's pain is to share in it. And to share in it is to relieve some of it.”In their wordsThe Book of Phoenix (2015)Read the whole statement

“I love books . I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas .”In their wordsThe Book of Phoenix (2015)Read the whole statement

2014Imaginales award for best foreign-language novelAward2011World Fantasy Award for Best NovelAward2008Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in AfricaAward1974Born8 April 1974

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If you could, wouldn’t you replace your damaged legs with cybernetic ones? Why hold on to malfunctioning or poorly formed flesh and bone because “we were born with it”?
2021 · Chapter 1, “What Kind of Woman Are You?” (p. 15), Own words
It was obvious who the Elders were. Important-looking men wearing important clothes being looked at by everyone else because they were important.
2021 · Chapter 18, “Bukkaru” (p. 178), Own words
The theme of choice and the power of culture pops up in my stories often.
2017 · On choice being reconciled with culture in her works in “Interview: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor” in Weird Fiction Review (2017 Feb, Own words