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N. K. Jemisin

Jemisin, Nora K.

September 19, 1972 (age 53)

Birth place: Iowa City, Iowa, USA

113 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
December 2004 |5 Short Fiction Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows Ideomancer, December 2004
August 2005 Short Fiction Cloud Dragon Skies Strange Horizons, 1 August 2005
January 2006 Short Fiction L'Alchimista Escape Pod, EP038
January 2007 Short Fiction Bittersweet Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter 2007
January 2007 Short Fiction The Narcomancer Helix, Winter 2007
July 2007 Short Fiction The Brides of Heaven Helix, Summer 2007
December 2007 Short Fiction The You Train Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
September 2008 Short Fiction Red Riding-Hood's Child PodCastle, PC027
September 2009 Interview Mammals Underfoot! An Interview with Emerging Writers Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2009
September 2009 Short Fiction Non-Zero Probabilities Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2009
2010 11 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Weird Tales, Spring 2010
2010 31 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Vector 264 Autumn 2010
March 2010 Review Non-Zero Probabilities Strange Horizons, 8 March 2010
March 2010 19 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Locus, #590 March 2010
March 2010 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Strange Horizons, 29 March 2010
April 2010 Interview Peculiar Notes of Contradiction: A Conversation with N. K. Jemisin Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2010
April 2010 67 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Realms of Fantasy, April 2010
August 2010 Interview Even the Best Stories Have Flaws: Inside Altered Fluid Clarkesworld Magazine, August 2010
August 2010 65 Interview N. K. Jemisin: Rites of Passage Locus, #595 August 2010
November 2010 Short Fiction On the Banks of the River Lex Clarkesworld Magazine, November 2010
November 2010 20 Review The Broken Kingdoms Locus, #598 November 2010
2011 53 Review The Broken Kingdoms Vector 267 Summer 2011
February 2011 44 Short Fiction The Trojan Girl Weird Tales, Spring 2011
April 2011 Interview Feature Interview: Sky's (Not) the Limit: The Ascension of N. K. Jemisin Fantasy Magazine, April 2011
April 2011 |7 Short Fiction Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters PodCastle, #154
January 2012 44 Review The Kingdom of Gods Interzone, January-February 2012
June 2012 |4 Short Fiction From The Killing Moon (excerpt) Lightspeed, June 2012
July 2012 Review The Killing Moon Strange Horizons, 16 July 2012
September 2012 19 Review The Killing Moon Locus, #620 September 2012
September 2012 77 Review The Killing Moon Interzone, September-October 2012
September 2012 19 Review The Shadowed Sun Locus, #620 September 2012
September 2012 77 Review The Shadowed Sun Interzone, September-October 2012
October 2012 Review The Broken Kingdoms Strange Horizons, 15 October 2012
October 2012 29 Review The Killing Moon Locus, #621 October 2012
October 2012 Review The Kingdom of Gods Strange Horizons, 15 October 2012
March 2014 Review The Killing Moon Fantasy Scroll Mag, March 2014
March 2014 Review The Shadowed Sun Fantasy Scroll Mag, March 2014
June 2014 319 Interview Author Spotlight: N. K. Jemisin Lightspeed, June 2014
June 2014 Short Fiction Playing Nice with God's Bowling Ball Tor.com, June 30, 2014
June 2014 Short Fiction Valedictorian Escape Pod, EP450
June 2014 50 Short Fiction Walking Awake Lightspeed, June 2014
July 2014 Short Fiction Stone Hunger Clarkesworld Magazine, July 2014
December 2014 Interview Author Spotlight: N. K. Jemisin Lightspeed, December 2014
2015 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Holdfast, #5
August 2015 52|52.1 Short Fiction Sunshine Ninety-Nine Popular Science, August 2015
August 2015 |160 Review The Fifth Season Lightspeed, August 2015
September 2015 19 Review The Fifth Season Locus, #656 September 2015
September 2015 24 Review Walking Awake Mothership Zeta, Issue 0
October 2015 63|63.3 Review The Fifth Season Locus, #657 October 2015
December 2015 |24 Review The Inheritance Trilogy Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice 2015
January 2016 27|27.3 Review All the Birds in the Sky The New York Times Book Review, January 3, 2016
January 2016 27 Essay Otherworldly (January 3, 2016) The New York Times Book Review, January 3, 2016
January 2016 4 Interview Out There The New York Times Book Review, January 3, 2016
January 2016 27|27.2 Review Planetfall The New York Times Book Review, January 3, 2016
January 2016 27|27.1 Review This Census-Taker The New York Times Book Review, January 3, 2016
January 2016 27|27.4 Review Travelers Rest The New York Times Book Review, January 3, 2016
February 2016 Interview Interview: N. K. Jemisin Lightspeed, February 2016
April 2016 27 Review Just Over the Horizon The New York Times Book Review, April 24, 2016
April 2016 27 Review The Edge of Worlds The New York Times Book Review, April 24, 2016
April 2016 27 Review The Fireman The New York Times Book Review, April 24, 2016
April 2016 27 Essay The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy The New York Times Book Review, April 24, 2016
April 2016 27 Review Will Do Magic for Small Change The New York Times Book Review, April 24, 2016
August 2016 142 Interview Volcanoes, Obelisks, and Spam Sushi: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin Clarkesworld, August 2016
September 2016 |1 Short Fiction The City Born Great Tor.com, September 28, 2016
September 2016 49 Review The Obelisk Gate Locus, #668 September 2016
December 2016 |22 Interview Author Spotlight: N. K. Jemisin (Fantasy Magazine, December 2016) Fantasy Magazine, December 2016
December 2016 |5 Short Fiction Red Dirt Witch Fantasy Magazine, December 2016
January 2017 64 Short Fiction The Evaluators Wired, January 2017
March 2017 27 Review Agents of Dreamland The New York Times Book Review, March 26, 2017
March 2017 27 Review New York 2140 The New York Times Book Review, March 26, 2017
March 2017 27 Essay Otherworldly: Science Fiction and Fantasy (The New York Times Book Review, March 26, 2017) The New York Times Book Review, March 26, 2017
March 2017 27 Review The Djinn Falls in Love: and Other Stories The New York Times Book Review, March 26, 2017
March 2017 |13.2 Review The Obelisk Gate Lightspeed, March 2017
August 2017 |12.3 Review The Stone Sky Lightspeed, August 2017
September 2017 |1 Short Fiction Henosis Uncanny Magazine, September-October 2017
October 2017 17 Review The Stone Sky Locus, #681 October 2017
November 2017 27|27.2 Review An Unkindness of Magicians The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2017
November 2017 27|27.4 Review Artemis The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2017
November 2017 27 Essay Otherworldly: Science Fiction and Fantasy (The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2017) The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2017
November 2017 27|27.5 Review Rebel Seoul The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2017
November 2017 27|27.1 Review Seventh Decimate The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2017
December 2017 19 Review Frankenstein: The 1818 Text The New York Times Book Review, December 31, 2017
December 2017 19 Review Heartland The New York Times Book Review, December 31, 2017
December 2017 19 Essay Otherworldly: Science Fiction and Fantasy (The New York Times Book Review, December 12, 2017) The New York Times Book Review, December 31, 2017
December 2017 19 Review Winter of Ice and Iron The New York Times Book Review, December 31, 2017
December 2017 19 Review Year One The New York Times Book Review, December 31, 2017
March 2018 |6 Short Fiction The Effluent Engine Lightspeed, March 2018
April 2018 |15.4 Review The Fifth Season Shoreline of Infinity, Spring 2018
April 2018 9 Review The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The New York Times Book Review, April 29, 2018
January 2019 8 Essay Fantasy Island The New York Times Book Review, January 20, 2019
January 2019 8 Review The Water Cure The New York Times Book Review, January 20, 2019
January 2019 Essay Three Sisters, an Island and an Apocalyptic Tale of Survival The New York Times, January 8, 2019
May 2019 46 Interview The WD Interview: N.K. Jemisin Writer's Digest, May/June 2019
July 2019 202 Review How Long 'Til Black Future Month? Asimov's Science Fiction, July-August 2019
July 2019 200 Review The Fifth Season Asimov's Science Fiction, July-August 2019
July 2019 201 Review The Obelisk Gate Asimov's Science Fiction, July-August 2019
July 2019 201 Review The Stone Sky Asimov's Science Fiction, July-August 2019
January 2020 |1 Short Fiction The Ones Who Stay and Fight Lightspeed, January 2020
February 2020 Review The Fifth Season StarShipSofa, No 623
March 2020 |11.1 Review The City We Became Lightspeed, March 2020
April 2020 9|9.1 Review The City We Became The New York Times Book Review, April 5, 2020
May 2020 82|82.1 Review The City We Became Interzone, May-June 2020
September 2020 |3 Review The City We Became Strange Horizons, 14 September 2020
January 2021 |8 Interview Interview: N. K. Jemisin Fantasy Magazine, January 2021
May 2021 79|79.4 Review The City We Became MIT Technology Review, May/June 2021
August 2021 31|31.1 Review The City We Became The Hartford Courant, August 8, 2021
September 2021 |9 Short Fiction Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death Escape Pod, 2 September 2021
December 2022 68|68.2 Review The World We Make The New York Times Book Review, December 4, 2022
July 2023 |11 Review The World We Make Strange Horizons, 31 July 2023
September 2023 202 Review The City We Became Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2023
October 2023 24 Interview Inside the List: N. K. Jemisin The New York Times Book Review, October 29, 2023
September 2024 26 Review The Fifth Season The New York Times Book Review, September 1, 2024
March 2025 Short Fiction The Elevator Dancer Selected Shorts, March 20, 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2010 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Finalist
2010 Hugo Award Best Short Story Non-Zero Probabilities Finalist
2010 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Nominee
2010 Nebula Award Short Story Non-Zero Probabilities Nominee
2011 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Nominee
2011 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Morningstar Award The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Nominee
2011 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The Kingdom of Gods Nominee
2011 Hugo Award Best Novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Finalist
2011 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Winner
2011 Nebula Award Novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Nominee
2011 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Nominee
2012 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Kingdom of Gods Nominee
2012 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The Killing Moon Nominee
2012 Hugo Award Best Novel The Kingdom of Gods Nominee
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Fantasy Novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Kingdom of Gods Nominee
2012 Nebula Award Novel The Kingdom of Gods Nominee
2013 Hugo Award Best Novel The Killing Moon Nominee
2013 Hugo Award Best Short Story Valedictorian Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Killing Moon Finalist
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Valedictorian Nominee
2013 Nebula Award Novel The Killing Moon Nominee
2013 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Killing Moon Nominee
2015 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The Fifth Season Nominee
2015 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF The Fifth Season Nominee
2016 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Fifth Season Nominee
2016 Dragon Award Best Apocalyptic Novel The Fifth Season Nominee
2016 Dragon Award Best Fantasy Novel The Fifth Season Nominee
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The Obelisk Gate Nominee
2016 Hugo Award Best Novel The Fifth Season Winner
2016 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF The Obelisk Gate Nominee
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Fifth Season Runner-up
2016 Nebula Award Novel The Fifth Season Nominee
2016 The Kitschies Red Tentacle (Best Novel) The Fifth Season Nominee
2016 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Fifth Season Nominee
2017 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Obelisk Gate Nominee
2017 Dragon Award Best Apocalyptic Novel The Obelisk Gate Nominee
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The Stone Sky Nominee
2017 Hugo Award Best Novel The Obelisk Gate Winner
2017 Hugo Award Best Short Story The City Born Great Runner-up
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Obelisk Gate Runner-up
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Red Dirt Witch Nominee
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The City Born Great Finalist
2017 Nebula Award Novel The Obelisk Gate Nominee
2017 The Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction Eugie Award The City Born Great Winner
2017 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Obelisk Gate Nominee
2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Stone Sky Nominee
2018 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman étranger La cinquième saison Nominee
2018 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction La cinquième saison Nominee
2018 Hugo Award Best Novel The Stone Sky Winner
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Stone Sky Winner
2018 Nebula Award Novel The Stone Sky Winner
2018 Premio Ignotus Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel La quinta estación Runner-up
2019 British Fantasy Award Best Collection How Long 'til Black Future Month? Nominee
2019 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction Les cieux pétrifiés Nominee
2019 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction La cinquième saison Nominee
2019 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction La porte de cristal Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Collection How Long 'til Black Future Month? Winner
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Storyteller's Replacement Finalist
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Cuisine des Mémoires Finalist
2019 World Fantasy Award Best Collection How Long 'til Black Future Month? Nominee
2020 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel The City We Became Winner
2020 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The City We Became Finalist
2020 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère Lumières noires Nominee
2020 Hugo Award Best Novelette Emergency Skin Winner
2020 Ignyte Award Best Novelette Emergency Skin Winner
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Emergency Skin Runner-up
2021 British Fantasy Award Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel The City We Became Nominee
2021 Hugo Award Best Graphic Story Far Sector Nominee
2021 Hugo Award Best Novel The City We Became Runner-up
2021 Ignyte Award Best Comics Team Far Sector Nominee
2021 Ignyte Award Best Novel - Adult The City We Became Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The City We Became Winner
2021 Nebula Award Novel The City We Became Nominee
2021 The Kitschies Red Tentacle (Best Novel) The City We Became Nominee
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy The World We Make Nominee
2023 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Die Wächterinnen von New York Nominee
2023 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The World We Make Nominee
2023 Utopia Award Utopian Novel The World We Make Winner
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Reckless Eyeballing Finalist

N. K. Jemisin is a fantasy writer living in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the "Broken Earth" series (2015-2017). "The Fifth Season", her 2015 science fiction novel, won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016.

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