N.K. Jemisin

N(ora). K. Jemisin is an author of speculative fiction short stories and novels who lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been multiply nominated for the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Award; shortlisted for the Crawford, the Gemmell Morningstar, and the Tiptree; and she has won a Locus Award for Best First Novel as well as several Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards. In 2016, she became the first black person to win the Best Novel Hugo for The Fifth Season.

Primary Works

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010)
The Broken Kingdoms (2010)
The Kingdom of Gods (2011)
The Killing Moon (2012)
The Shadowed Sun (2012)
The Fifth Season (August 2015)
The Obelisk Gate (August 2016)
The Stone Sky (August 2017)

Articles

"N. K. Jemisin on Diversity in Science Fiction and Inspiration From Dreams" (NYT)
"N.K. Jemisin and the Politics of Prose" (The Atlantic)
"NK Jemisin: the fantasy writer upending the 'racist and sexist status quo'" (The Guardian)
"They Are Living Their Own Myths: An Interview With N.K. Jemisin, Author Of The Fifth Season" (Electric Lit)

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Born in Austin, Texas, Katherine Arden spent a year of high school in Rennes, France. Following her acceptance to Middlebury College in Vermont, she deferred enrollment for a year in order to live and study in Moscow. At Middlebury, she specialized in French and Russian literature. After receiving her BA, she moved to Maui, Hawaii, working every kind of odd job imaginable, from grant writing and making crêpes to guiding horse trips. Currently she lives in Vermont, but really, you never know.