About the Author
Nnedi Okorafor, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her children's book Long Juju Man won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, her adult novel Who Fears Death was a Otherwise Honor Book, and her 2025 novel Death of the Author won the NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work in the fiction category. She holds a PhD in Literature and two Masters degrees in Journalism and Literature.
