Nalo Hopkinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nalo Hopkinson
Date Of Birth	Dec 20, 1960(1960-12-20)
Age	64
Birthplace	Kingston
Country	Jamaica
Birth City	Kingston Parish
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Nalo Hopkinson Biography

Nalo Hopkinson is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on December 20, 1960 in Kingston, Kingston Parish, Jamaica. Nalo Hopkinson was a child of Freda Abdur-Rahman and Muhammed Slade Hopkinson. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 20 December 1960. She was raised in Guyana, Trinidad and Canada. Her mother was a librarian technician, and her father was a Guyanese playwright, poet and actor. She also learned English and Latin from his father. Hopkinson was fortunate to have had access to Derek Walcott’s writings during her childhood. She could also read Kurt Vonnegut’s works at six years old. Hopkinson’s writing is heavily influenced by the folk and fairy tales she grew up reading, including Afro-Caribbean stories such as Anansi. She also read Western works like Gulliver’s Travels and the Iliad. Hopkinson was also known for having read Shakespeare’s works around the time she was studying Homer. Hopkinson said that she was only able to live briefly in Connecticut during her father’s Yale University tenure. However, Hopkinson stated that the culture shock she experienced when she moved from Guyana to Toronto at 16 years old was something “to [which] she’s] still not fully reintegrated”. From 1977 to 2011, she lived in Toronto, before moving to Riverside (California) where she was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at University of California Riverside.

Midnight Robber was nominated in 2001 for the James R. Tipptree Jr. Memorial Award and in 2000 for the Hugo Award.

Skin Folk received the World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic in 2003.

The Salt Roads received the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for positive exploration of queer issues in speculative fiction for 2004, presented at the 2005 Gaylaxicon. It was also nominated for the 2004 Nebula Award.

Hopkinson received the John W. Campbell Award in 1999 for Best New Writer, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation Award to Emerging Writers.

Nalo Hopkinson Net Worth

Nalo Hopkinson is one of the richest Writer from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nalo Hopkinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nalo Hopkinson, a Canadian writer and editor of speculative fiction who was born in Jamaica on 20 December 1960. She currently resides in Riverside, California and teaches. She is best known for her novels Brown Girl in the Ring and Midnight Robber. Her short stories, Skin Folk, draw heavily on Caribbean history, language, and traditions of oral storytelling.

Brown Girl in the ring was nominated in 1998 for the Philip K. Dick Award and won the Locus Award in Best First Novel. It was also a finalist for Canada Reads 2008, which was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Hopkinson defended George Elliott Clarke’s novel Whylah Falls on the CBC’s Canada Reads 2002. She was the curator of Six Impossible Things, an audio series of Canadian fantastical fiction on CBC Radio One.

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Nalo Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Nalo Hopkinson celebrates birthday on December 20 of every year.

Top Facts about Nalo Hopkinson

1. Nalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican Canadian science fiction writer.
2. She was born on December 20, 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica.
3. Her debut novel “Brown Girl in the Ring” was published in 1998.
4. Hopkinson has won numerous awards for her writing including the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award.
5. She is known for incorporating Caribbean folklore and mythology into her work.
6. Hopkinson has also worked as an editor and professor of creative writing.
7. In addition to novels, she has written short stories and essays.
8. Her works often explore themes of identity, race, gender, and sexuality.
9. Hopkinson has been praised for her unique voice and perspective in science fiction literature.
10. She currently resides in California with her family.

Is Nalo Hopkinson queer?

2 Nalo Hopkinson, a queer Caribbean-Canadian writer currently living in the US, is what Jillana Enteen calls an “Afrofuturist visionary” (263), an author whose work profoundly challenges imperialist conceptions of modernity and primitivism, technology and folklore, science and magic, the sacred and sexual, and …

When was Nalo Hopkinson considered a success as a writer?

Nalo Hopkinson has been writing science fiction since about 1993. Her impressive debut novel, “Brown Girl in the Ring,” was released in 1998, earning her immediate attention, and the prestigious 1999 John W. Campbell Award for best new science-fiction writer. It was also nominated for the Philip K.

Where does Nalo Hopkinson teach?

Award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson has joined the UBC School of Creative Writing as a professor.

Where does Nalo Hopkinson live?

As of 2013, she lives and teaches in Riverside, California. In 2020, Hopkinson was named the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master.

What is Midnight Robber about?

A “[d]eeply satisfying” [The New York Times Book Review] story of a father who has committed an unbelievable crime and a daughter who must then fight to save her own life. It’s Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry.