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Akwaeke Emezi

Emezi, Akwaeke

June 6, 1987 (age 38)

Birth place: Umuahia, Nigeria

4 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
November 2018 154 Short Fiction Muzik di Zumbi New York Times, November 11, 2018 Travel/Style Supplement
April 2019 |8 Review Freshwater Strange Horizons, 29 April 2019
October 2019 22 Review Pet The New York Times Book Review, October 20, 2019
August 2021 18|18.1 Review Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir The New York Times Book Review, August 8, 2021

6 English-language books

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2019 Carl Brandon Society Award Carl Brandon Parallax Award Pet Winner
2019 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Freshwater Winner
2019 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Pet Nominee
2019 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novel Freshwater Winner
2020 Ignyte Award Best Novel - YA Pet Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book Pet Nominee
2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Young Adult Book Pet Nominee
2020 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novel Pet Nominee
2021 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal Pet Nominee
2023 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book Bitter Nominee
2023 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Young Adult Book Bitter Nominee

Fiction writer and video artist who grew up in Aba, Nigeria, and moved at age 16 to the USA to attend college
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