N. K. Jemisin
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N. K. Jemisin is an African-American female speculative fiction writer. Her fiction explores a wide variety of themes informed by the intersection of race and gender oppressions, as well as traditional science fiction, fantasy, and horror themes such as first contact and mythology (especially that of non-Western cultures). She is a former member of the Boston-area writing group "BRAWL", as well as the New York-area groups "The Secret Cabal", "Black Beans", and Altered Fluid. A graduate of the 2002 Viable Paradise writing workshop, she has published a number of short stories and has completed several novels. Her novel THE SKY GOD'S LOVER will be coming out from Orbit sometime in 2009.
Names
- N. K. Jemisin (pseudonym)
- Nora Jemisin
Works
- The You Train Strange Horizons, 2007.
- "Playing Nice With God's Bowling Ball" Forthcoming from Baen's Universe sometime in 2008.
- Bittersweet" Abyss and Apex, 2007.
- The Narcomancer" Helix, 2007.
- The Brides of Heaven" Helix, 2007.
- Dragon Cloud Skies Strange Horizons, 2005. Also an Escape Pod episode
- Red Riding-Hood's Child Fishnet, 2005.
- L'Alchimista Scattered Covered Smothered (out of print), 2004. Winner of an Honorable Mention from The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 18th collection. Also available as an Escape Pod episode
- Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows. Ideomancer, 2004.
Her novel-length fiction is represented by Lucienne Diver of the Knight Agency.
Awards
Speculative Literature Foundation's 2004 Travel Grant.
Nominated for the Fountain Award (2006).
On the 2006 Recommended Reading list for the Carl Brandon Society.
External links
http://home.earthlink.net/~njem
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