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N K Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin is an African-American female writer of speculative fiction. She was born in Iowa City, Iowa and grew up in New York City and Mobile, Alabama She lived in Massachusetts for ten years and then moved to New York City.She attended Tulane University from 1990 - 1994, receiving a B.S. in psychology. She went on to earn her M. Ed from the University of Maryland College Park.She is a former member of the Boston-area writing group BRAWLers, as well as a current member of Altered Fluid. A graduate of the 2002 Viable Paradise writing workshop, she has published a number of short stories and has completed several novels. In 2010, her short story "Non-Zero Probabilities" was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards.Currently, she lives in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to writing fiction, she works as a career counselor.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Series
Inheritance Trilogy
1. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2009)
2. The Broken Kingdoms (2010)
3. The Kingdom of Gods (2011)
4. The Awakened Kingdom (2014)
Shades in Shadow (2015)
Shades in the Shadow/ The Awakened Kingdom (2019)
1. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2009)
2. The Broken Kingdoms (2010)
3. The Kingdom of Gods (2011)
4. The Awakened Kingdom (2014)
Shades in Shadow (2015)
Shades in the Shadow/ The Awakened Kingdom (2019)
Collections
2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle (2017) (with Nina Allan, Kij Johnson, Victor LaValle, Seanan McGuire, Carrie Vaughn, Fran Wilde, Kai Ashante Wilson and Alyssa Wong)
How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018)
How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018)
Novellas
Series contributed to
Some of the Best from Tor.com (with Nina Allan, Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Tara Isabella Burton, Monica Byrne, Rebecca Campbell, Cixin Liu, P Djèlí Clark, Indrapramit Das, Alix E Harrow, Margaret Killjoy, Melissa Marr, David Nickle, Laurie Penny, Daniel Polansky, Lettie Prell, Delia Sherman, Angela Slatter, Caighlan Smith, Lavie Tidhar, Rajnar Vajra, Genevieve Valentine, Carrie Vaughn and Alyssa Wong)
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition (2017)
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition (2017)
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy
4. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (2018)
4. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (2018)
Non fiction
Awards
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N K Jemisin recommends
The Neon Court (2011)
(Matthew Swift, book 3)
Kate Griffin
"When I get my hands on a new Kate Griffin book, I put down everything else. She's just that good."
Stories of the Raksura Volume One (2014)
(Stories of the Raksura, book 1)
Martha Wells
"Wildly original world-building, diverse and engaging characters, and a thrilling adventure plot. It’s that rarest of fantasies: fresh and surprising, with a story that doesn’t go where ten thousand others have gone before."
The Invisible Library (2014)
(Invisible Library, book 1)
Genevieve Cogman
"Such clever, creepy, elaborate worldbuilding and snarky, sexy-smart characters!"
Lent (2019)
Jo Walton
"Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty...It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale."
Hexarchate Stories (2019)
(Machineries Of Empire trilogy)
Yoon Ha Lee
"Tight-woven, breathtakingly original space opera."
Trouble the Saints (2020)
Alaya Dawn Johnson
"Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story...in a word: awesome."
A Deadly Education (2020)
(Scholomance, book 1)
Naomi Novik
"Hilarious and wild! Take any fictional magic school, make it as over-the-top dangerous as possible, and populate it with a bunch of snarky teenagers; the result is pure batshit fun."
First, Become Ashes (2021)
K M Szpara
"Szpara is the rare author to tackle trauma and healing without flinching."
Nothing But Blackened Teeth (2021)
Cassandra Khaw
"Brutally delicious! Khaw is a master of teasing your senses, and then terrorizing them!"
The Terraformers (2023)
Annalee Newitz
"Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity."
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