Festival Guests 2023
nnedi

Nnedi Okorafor is an international award winning New York Times bestselling writer of science fiction and fantasy for adults, young adults and children. The more specific terms for her works are africanfuturism and africanjujuism. Nnedi is the winner of the World Fantasy, Nebula, Eisner and Lodestar Awards and multiple Hugo and Nommo Awards, amongst others, for her works. Nnedi has also written comics for Marvel, including Black Panther: Long Live the King, Wakanda Forever and the Shuri series. She has books currently being adapted for TV by HBO, Amazon Studies, 20th Century Fox, and others.

Nnedi holds a PhD, two Master’s Degrees and lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her daughter Anyaugo. Learn more at nnedi.com. You can also follow her on Twitter (@nnedi) and Instagram (@nnediokorafor).