Today was amazing and I’m too exhausted to post about it (I’m in Los Angeles).
However, here’s a magnificent creature of a clock I saw before the event (yes, its pendulum was swinging 🕰️🦄):
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Nnedi Okorafor
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All published in 2025. 💪🏾All published in 2025. 💪🏾
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My novel NOOR was an answer in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃.A bit about my novel NOOR:
A thriving near-future Nigeria🇳🇬 (*not* a dystopia).
A woman...with machine enhancements…on the run🦿🦾.
A true Fulani herdsman…on the run 🐄.
A whirling natural disaster in the north that provides green energy 🌪.
A city of nobodies living their best lives deep in the Sahara Desert, 🏜.
...and more. #africanfuturism
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My novel NOOR was an answer in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃.Note: This science fiction (africanfuturist) novel understands better the foundation of the violence in PARTS OF present-day Nigeria than the dumbass Trump Administration (who just bombed Nigeria, while being ignorant of things).
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My novel NOOR was an answer in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃.Note: This science fiction (africanfuturist) novel understands better the foundation of the violence in PARTS OF present-day Nigeria than the dumbass Trump Administration (who just bombed Nigeria, while being ignorant of things).
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My novel NOOR was an answer in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃.My novel NOOR was an answer in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃. #Africanfuturism FTW. 🇳🇬
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Next year, I’m doing the Terry Lectureship at Yale in March/April.Next year, I’m doing the Terry Lectureship at Yale in March/April. It’s a century-old lecture series that’s hosted some truly heavyweight thinkers. Wild to be stepping onto that stage 😅 https://philosophy.yale.edu/events/2026-03-31-terry-lectureship-nnedi-okorafor
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My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is a Time Magazine “Must-Read Book of the 2025”, 🥰.My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is a Time Magazine “Must-Read Book of the 2025”, 🥰.
I’m pleased that they at least said the genre is “hard to pin down” (that’s an understatement because the novel contains multitudes).
Full list here: https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329494/death-of-the-author/
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Had a wonderful time at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX.Had a wonderful time at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX. ❤️
Next up: The Miami Book Fair.
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Publishers Weekly has named my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR a Best Book of the Year, 😃🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖🦿🐬.Publishers Weekly has named my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR a Best Book of the Year, 😃🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖🦿🐬.
Full list here: https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2025/sf-fantasy-horror#book/book-1
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I had a wonderful time at the Heartland Book Festival yesterday in Kansas City, Missouri.Heehee, 😃
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I had a wonderful time at the Heartland Book Festival yesterday in Kansas City, Missouri.My signing line was massive. This was only part of it, ✍🏾.
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I had a wonderful time at the Heartland Book Festival yesterday in Kansas City, Missouri.I had a wonderful time at the Heartland Book Festival yesterday in Kansas City, Missouri.
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You can watch my talk here: https://www.youtube.com/live/qcufe7Kwuxc?si=V3OBw4vu10_1f7ZM
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I was on a wonderful panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival with fellow writers Lincoln Michel and Fernando A. Flores, moderated by C.J.Afterwards, I had dinner with Ibi Zoboi and Keisha-Gaye Anderson at Cafe Rue Dix; truly a magical evening that I really needed. Nothing like time spent with like minds/good friends/fellow writers, 🥹.
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I was on a wonderful panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival with fellow writers Lincoln Michel and Fernando A. Flores, moderated by C.J.I was on a wonderful panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival with fellow writers Lincoln Michel and Fernando A. Flores, moderated by C.J. Farleyte. It was about writing books within books. 📚