Nnedi Okorafor

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nnedi Okorafor
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Apr 8, 1974(1974-04-08)
Age	50
Birthplace	Cincinnati
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Aries

Nnedi Okorafor Biography

Nnedi Okorafor is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on April 8, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Nnedimma Nkemdili “Nnedi” Okorafor (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu, born on April 8 1974) is a Nigerian-American novelist of science and fantasy for adults and children. She is most famous for Binti who Fears the Dead, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch and Lagoon. The year 2015 saw her honored when Brittle The Paper named her an African Literary Person of the Year.

In 2005 Okorafor published her debut play Full Moon. In 2005, the Buxville Theater Company in Chicago was instrumental in the production of this full- length theatre play.

Shortly after winning The World Fantasy Award in 2011, Okorafor published an essay “Lovecraft’s racism & The World Fantasy Award statuette, with comments from China Miéville”, in which she reflected upon her conflicting emotions on winning an award in the shape of a large silver bust of H.P. Lovecraft. Okorafor would later voice her support for Daniel José Older’s 2014 petition to replace the Lovecraft bust with one of Octavia Butler. In this piece, she acknowledges both the literary legacy of Lovecraft and his continued influence in the contemporary world of science fiction:

Okorafor’s first adult novel, Who Fears Death (DAW/Penguin Books), won the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, was a 2011 Tiptree Honor Book and was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award. In 2011 she returned to young adult with Akata Witch (Viking/Penguin), which was a Junior Library Guild Selection, and nominated for the Andre Norton Award. It was also on the American Library Association’s Amelia Bloomer Project list honoring children’s books with feminist themes. The sequel Akata Warrior went on to win the 2018 Locus Award for Best young Adult Novel. Akata Warrior also won the first Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, an award given by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) and presented at the Hugo Award ceremony at Worldcon.

Okorafor is a graduate in journalistic studies from Michigan State and a master’s degree as well as a PhD in English from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She is a graduate of 2001 from the Clarion Writers Workshop in Lansing, Michigan. She is currently living within Olympia Fields, Illinois, with her family.

Nnedi Okorafor Net Worth

Nnedi Okorafor is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nnedi Okorafor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Following her award in 2001, the Hurston-Wright In the following year, she published two highly acclaimed books for young adults: The Shadow Speaker (Hyperion/Disney Book Group) and Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Zahrah won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. The book was also shortlisted for the 2005 Carl Brandon Parallax and Kindred Awards and it was a finalist in the Garden State Teen Book Award as well as The Golden Duck Award. The Shadow Speaker is a recipient from the Carl Brandon Parallax Award, an official Booksense Pick for Winter 2007/2008 and it was a Tiptree Honor Book and a finalist of The Essence Magazine Literary Award, the Andre Norton Award and the Golden Duck Award and an NAACP Image Award nominee. Okorafor’s kids’ book Long Juju Man was the 2007-08 winner of the Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa.

Okorafor was awarded a Hurston-Wright award for literature in 2001 for the tale “Amphibious Green.” The short stories of Okorafor have been published in magazines and anthologies such as Dark Matter: Reading The Bones, Enkare Review, Strange Horizons, Moondance magazine as well as Writers of the Future Volume XVIII. The collection of her short stories entitled Kabu Kabu, was published by Prime Books in 2013. The collection includes the title story which was co-written by Alan Dean Foster, and six additional stories that were previously unpublished and 14 stories previously published elsewhere in 2001. There is also a foreword written by Whoopi Goldberg.

In 2009 Okorafor donated her archive to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the Northern Illinois University Library.

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Okorafor’s novels and stories reflect both her West African heritage and her American life. Rather than identifying as Nigerian-American, Okorafor refers to herself as “Naijamerican” and explains the importance of her dual heritage during a 2016 NPR interview:

Facts & Trivia

Nnedi Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nnedi Okorafor celebrates birthday on April 8 of every year.

She spoke at the TEDGlobal conference in Arusha, Tanzania, in August 2017.

Top Facts about Nnedi Okorafor

1. Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American writer of science fiction and fantasy.
2. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards.
3. Okorafor’s works often explore themes of identity, race, and gender.
4. Her novel “Who Fears Death” is being adapted into an HBO series produced by George R.R. Martin.
5. Okorafor has also written several comics for Marvel Comics, including “Black Panther: Long Live the King.”
6. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
7. Okorafor was born in Cincinnati but spent much of her childhood in Nigeria.
8. In addition to writing, she is also a professor of creative writing at the University at Buffalo.
9. Okorafor has spoken out about issues such as cultural appropriation in literature and representation in media.
10. Her work has been translated into over 20 languages worldwide.

Is Nnedi Okorafor paralyzed?

She was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 13, a condition that worsened as she grew older. At age 19, she underwent spinal fusion surgery to straighten and fuse her spine; a rare complication led to Okorafor becoming paralyzed from the waist down.

How do you pronounce Nnedi Okorafor?

The phonetic pronunciation of my full name: Neh-dee-mma (Nnedimma) Oh-core- ra-for (Okorafor) .

What is Hello Moto by Nnedi Okorafor about?

Nnedi Okorafor’s “Hello, Moto” has been adapted by C.J. Obasi into the short film Hello, Rain. There is witchcraft in science and a science to witchcraft. Both will conspire against you eventually in Okorafor’s dark fantasy tale, A Tor.com Original.

How many awards does Nnedi Okorafor have?

She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Who Fears Death Igbo?

The novel’s protagonist, Onyesonwu (which translates as “who fears death” from the Igbo language), is an Ewu, a child of an Okeke woman raped by a Nuru man. Upon reaching maturity, Onyesonwu goes on a quest to find and defeat her father, the sorcerer, using her own magical powers.