Okorafor is a full professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY). Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafors latest novel, is a swirling writhing cross section of life in Lagos, Nigeria as aliens make contact for the first time ever. Meanwhile, her book Who Fears Death has been optioned by HBO, with Game of Thrones' George R.R. Lagoon is both socio-politically and environmentally aware, without ever letting go of the strong mythological narratives that form the core of Nigerian culture. Lagoon is an Africanfuturist novel by Nnedi Okorafor (2014, Hodder & Stoughton 2015, Saga Press/Simon & Schuster). Lagoon By Nnedi Okorafor Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 16. Her book, has been optioned by HBO, with ' George R.R. Born in the US to Nigerian immigrant parents, Okorafor is known for weaving African cultures into creative settings and memorable characters. The final installment of the Binti Trilogy, titled The Night Masquerade, will be released in September 2017, and the sequel to Akata Witch (titled Akata Warrior) is was published in October 2017. Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. Her children’s book Chicken in the Kitchen won an Africana Book Award. Clarke Award finalist, while the first book in the Binti Trilogy won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella. Okorafor gives us a fresh angle on first contact by instead imagining the alien invasion in Lagos, Nigeria, one of the most populous cities in the world nevertheless located in one of the worlds most marginalized regions, West Africa. Her 2016 novel The Book of Phoenix is an Arthur C.

Her books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for best novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for best novel), Kabu Kabu (a Publisher's Weekly best book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an best book of the year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature) and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner). Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism.

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