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Nora K. Jemisin
Pen nameN.K. Jemisin
OccupationNovelist, psychologist, career counselor
GenreScience fiction, Fantasy

N. K. Jemisin is an African-American female writer of speculative fiction. Her 2010 debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, was ranked #5 on Amazon's "editors' pick" list of the year's best ten works of science fiction and fantasy.[1] Also in 2010, her short story "Non-Zero Probabilities" was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Life

She was born in Iowa City, Iowa and grew up in New York City and Mobile, Alabama She lived in Massachusetts for ten years and then moved to New York City.[2]

She attended Tulane University from 1990 - 1994, receiving a B.S. in psychology.[3] She went on to earn her M. Ed from the University of Maryland College Park.

She is a former member of the Boston-area writing group BRAWLers, as well as a current member of Altered Fluid. A graduate of the 2002 Viable Paradise writing workshop,[4] she has published a number of short stories and has completed several novels. In 2010, her short story "Non-Zero Probabilities" was a finalist for the Hugo[5] and Nebula[6] awards.

Currently, she lives in Brooklyn, NY.[7] In addition to writing fiction, she works as a career counselor.

Works

Her fiction explores a wide variety of themes, including but not limited to cultural conflict and oppression, via fantasy and science fictional milieu.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a finalist for the 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards.[8]

Novels

The Inheritance Trilogy

Short stories

  • "On the Banks of the River Lex" Clarkesworld Magazine, 11/2010
  • "The Effluent Engine", 2010
  • "Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters" Postscripts, 2010.
  • "Non-Zero Probabilities" Clarkesworld Magazine, 2009.
  • "Playing Nice With God's Bowling Ball" Baen's Universe, 2008.
  • "The You Train" Strange Horizons, 2007.
  • "Bittersweet", Abyss and Apex, 2007.
  • "The Narcomancer", Helix, reprinted in Transcriptase, 2007.
  • "The Brides of Heaven", Helix, reprinted in Transcriptase, 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.

References

  1. ^ http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_1000628171_grlink_1?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000628171
  2. ^ NK Jemison: Rites of Passage, Locus Magazine, August 2010
  3. ^ ibid
  4. ^ op. cit. Locus
  5. ^ 2010 Hugo Award Nominees
  6. ^ 2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot
  7. ^ [1] Fantasy Book Review Interview
  8. ^ Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy Nominations
  9. ^ [2]Authors' site regarding the trilogy


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