Festival Guests 2026
Suyi Davies Okungbowa is an award-winning author of nine novels, the latest of which are Lost Ark Dreaming (Ignyte & Nommo award winner; Nebula Award finalist), the Nameless Republic trilogy (from Son of the Storm to Season of the Serpent), and The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda (a Black Panther novel). His shorter works have appeared in various periodicals and anthologies and have been nominated for various awards. He earned his degree in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, and lives in Ontario, where he is a professor of creative writing at the University of Ottawa.