- Professor
- Scholar
- Writer
- American
- Black
- Nigerian
Nnedi Okorafor is a Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Lodestar Award-winning author and comic book writer born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents. She holds dual American and Nigerian citizenship. She wrote the Africanfuturist comic series LaGuardia (Dark Horse), which won both an Eisner Award and a Hugo Award. She has also written Marvel comics including the Shuri series and Black Panther: Long Live the King. She was inducted into the Museum of Pop Culture Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2024, and is a professor of practice at Arizona State University.
LaGuardia (Dark Horse Comics)
Shuri (Marvel Comics)
Black Panther: Long Live the King (Marvel Comics)
Wakanda Forever – Dora Milaje (Marvel)
Who Fears Death; Binti trilogy
Inducted into the Museum of Pop Culture Science Fiction Hall of Fame (2024)
Winner of every major speculative fiction award including Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Locus
Award (LaGuardia)
2024 Museum of Pop Culture Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee
Hugo Award (LaGuardia)
Hugo Award, Best Novella (Binti)
Locus Award
Lodestar Award
Nebula Award
Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
World Fantasy Award (Who Fears Death)
New York Times
NPR
The Guardian