Who Fears Death

Praise for Nnedi Okorafor: There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics. Ursula Le Guin Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. Her worlds open your mind to new things, always rooted in the red clay of reality Neil Gaiman Okorafors writing is wonderful, and the details of her world-building are complex and fascinating Veronica Roth Okorafor invents wild, fantastical creatures and worlds, but shes got an even rarer gift, too: She can describe the effect of using magic the emotional and physiological repercussions of it viscerally, its as if it were a fever wed contracted ourselves. The New York Times Praise for Who Fears Death: Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic. Washington Post The book is an untraditional fantasy novel; it actually features Black people in an alternate reality that is set in the Motherland. It also skews more toward the Octavia Butler end of the fantastical spectrum with believable, nuanced characters of color and an unbiased view of an Africa full of technology, mysticism, culture clashes and true love. Ebony Magazine (Editor's Pick) Haunting and absolutely brilliant. My heart and guts are all turned inside out. #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green

Nnedi Okorafor was born in the United States to two Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents. She holds a PhD in English and is a professor of creative writing at Chicago State University. She has been the winner of many awards for her short stories and young adult books, and won a World Fantasy Award for Who Fears Death. Nnedi's books are inspired by her Nigerian heritage and her many trips to Africa. She lives in Chicago with her daughter Anyaugo and family. She can be contacted via her website, www.nnedi.com, or on Twitter at twitter.com/nnedi.