| Nora K. Jemisin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Iowa City, Iowa, United States |
| Pen name | N.K. Jemisin |
| Occupation | Novelist, psychologist, career counselor |
| Genres | Science fiction, Fantasy |
N. K. Jemisin is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger. Her 2010 debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award, the 2011 Hugo Award, and is nominated for the World Fantasy Award[1] and was ranked #5 on Amazon's "editors' pick" list of the year's best ten works of science fiction and fantasy.[2] Also in 2010, her short story "Non-Zero Probabilities" was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
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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.[3]
She attended Tulane University from 1990 to 1994, where she received a B.S. in psychology.[4] 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,[5] she published a number of short stories and completed several novels. In 2010, her short story "Non-Zero Probabilities" was a finalist for the Hugo[6] and Nebula[7] awards.
Currently, she lives in Brooklyn, NY.[8] In addition to writing fiction, she works as a career counselor.
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 was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award[9] and the 2011 Hugo Award;[10] it was also a finalist in the 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards.[11]
N.K. Jemisin was contracted by Orbit for two books in a series titled The Dreamblood, both of which are expected to be published in 2012.[13] The first book is titled The Killing Moon and the second is The Shadowed Sun.