![]() ![]() Born in the US to Nigerian immigrant parents, Okorafor is known for weaving African cultures into creative settings and memorable characters. Publication: New York: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2007. Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism. Not in my entire writing career." This is perhaps because of a spinal chord injury that limits her mobility. As she wrote on Twitter in 2018, "I’ve never done a book tour anywhere, heh. This copy is inscribed by the author, "To Tony and Maria, I hope this novel takes you to new and wonderful places! Nnedi Okorafor." Books signed by Okorafor are notably uncommon. ![]() A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Okorafor has won many prizes for her writing, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award.Įdition + Condition: First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in 1). It was a Booksense Pick for Winter 2007/2008, a Tiptree Honor Book, a finalist for the Essence Magazine Literary Award, the Andre Norton Award and the Golden Duck Award and an NAACP Image Award nominee. This novel is set in Nigeria in 2070 in a post-nuclear war world and features a fourteen-year-old Muslim girl as the narrator. The Shadow Speaker is a young adult, first-person novel by Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor, which takes place in the year 2070. ![]() Notes: The second book from this noted science fiction / fantasy writer who incorporates her Nigerian heritage into her work, a trend that is reinvigorating and internationalizing the genre. ![]()
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