N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin
A photograph of N. K. Jemisin.
Jemisin in 2015
BornNora Keita Jemisin
(1972-09-19) September 19, 1972 (age 52)
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • counseling psychologist
LanguageEnglish
EducationTulane University (BS)
University of Maryland, College Park (MEd)
Genre
Website
nkjemisin.com

Nora Keita Jemisin[1] (born September 19, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her fiction includes a wide range of themes, notably cultural conflict and oppression.[2][3] Her debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and the subsequent books in her Inheritance Trilogy received critical acclaim. She has won several awards for her work, including the Locus Award. The three books of her Broken Earth series made her the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, as well as the first to win for all three novels in a trilogy.[4] She won a fourth Hugo Award, for Best Novelette, in 2020 for Emergency Skin, and a fifth Hugo Award, for Best Graphic Story, in 2022 for Far Sector.[5][6] Jemisin was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program Genius Grant in 2020.[7]

  1. ^ Shapiro, Lila (November 29, 2018). "For Reigning Fantasy Queen N.K. Jemisin, There's No Escape From Reality". Vulture. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "N.K. Jemisin on THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS". Orbit Blog (Blog). Orbit Books. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. ^ Novik, Naomi (August 12, 2015). "Book Review: 'The Fifth Season,' by N. K. Jemisin". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  4. ^ El-Mohtar, Amal (March 24, 2020). "When a Sinister Enemy Attacks New York, the City Fights Back". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hugo Awards". Twitter. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story or Comic - Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)". Hugo Award. World Science Fiction Society. September 4, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "N. K. Jemisin". MacArthur Foundation. October 6, 2020.

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