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Helen Oyeyemi

Oyeyemi, Helen Olajumoke

December 10, 1984 (age 41)

Birth place: Ibadan, Ọyọ State, Nigeria

9 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
July 2007 Review The Opposite House Strange Horizons, 30 July 2007
2010 33 Review White is for Witching Vector 263 Summer 2010
July 2010 Review White Is for Witching Strange Horizons, 12 July 2010
September 2011 Review Mr. Fox Strange Horizons, 26 September 2011
April 2012 58 Review Mr. Fox Bull Spec, Spring 2012
2015 81 Short Fiction Boy, Snow, Bird (excerpt) Faerie Magazine, Spring 2015
2015 80 Interview We Talk Fairy Tales with Helen Oyeyemi Faerie Magazine, Spring 2015
September 2018 10 Review What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours The New York Times Book Review, September 30, 2018
March 2019 G4 Review Gingerbread The Hartford Courant, March 10, 2019

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2010 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novel White Is for Witching Nominee
2011 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Mr. Fox Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Mr. Fox Nominee
2016 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Presence Nominee
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards Fiction What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours Nominee
2017 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novelette Presence Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Gingerbread Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Peaces Nominee

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