Marvel Comics writer & novelist Nnedi Okorafor comes to PLNU

Interview with international award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor and Dr. Dean Nelson.

Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism. Born in the United States to two Nigerian immigrant parents, Okorafor is known for weaving African culture into creative evocative settings and memorable characters. In a profile of Okorafor’s work titled, “Weapons of Mass Creation,” The New York Times called Okorafor’s imagination “stunning.”

Her works include Who Fears Death (currently being developed by HBO into a TV series), the Binti novella trilogy, the Book of Phoenix, the Akata books and Lagoon. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and Locus Awards and her debut novel Zahrah the Windseeker won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Okorafor has also written comics for Marvel, including Black Panther: Long Live the King and Wakanda Forever, which features the Dora Milaje and the unlimited series Shuri. Her first graphic novel LaGuardia will be released in 2019 as a comic book series.

Follow Nnedi Okorafor on twitter (as @Nnedi), Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about Nnedi at Nnedi.com.