Happy birthday N.K. Jemisin! Born September 19, N(ora). K. Jemisin is a New York Times-bestselling author of speculative fiction short stories and novels, who lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY. In 2018, she became the first author to win three Best Novel Hugos in a row. She has also won a Nebula Award, two Locus Awards, and is a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. Here are a few of her award winning and notable titles:
Happy birthday Tomi Adeyemi! Born August 1, Tomi Adeyemi was name one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning writer, speaker, and model based in New York, New York. She is best known for her Children of Blood and Bone, book 1 in an Orisha trilogy.
Heavenly belated birthday wishes Octavia E. Butler! Born June 22, 1947, Octavia E. Butler was a pioneer and an award winning author of speculative and science fiction. er work is known for its social commentary, strong female characters, and economical prose, spanning settings from the distant past to the far future. Butler’s Afrofuturist and feminist novels explore the intersections of race, identity, and science fiction. She died in 2006. Here are just a few of her amazing works:
These two books are some classic reads.
Book 1: Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora edited by Sheree R. Thomas
Book 2: Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes Black Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction of the 20th Century edited by Paula L. Woods. Great selection of stories and novellas.
