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Nnedimma Nkemdili " Nnedi " Okorafor // ⓘ (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu; born April 8, 1974) [1] is a Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. She is best known for her Binti Series and her novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon and Remote Control.
Steve Jackson, co-author of many Fighting Fantasy books; Brian Jacques, (1939–2011) author of the Redwall series; L. Dean James, (1947–2018) author of Sorcerer's Stone; Tove Jansson, (1914–2001) author of the Moomin novels; N. K. Jemisin, (born 1972) author of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and The Fifth Season, along with their sequels
Jack Vance. John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
The classification of utopian and dystopian fiction as a sub-genre of the collective term, speculative fiction, alongside science fiction, fantasy, and horror is a relatively recent convention. Dystopian novels have long been discussed as a type of science fiction; however, with publication of The Handmaid's Tale , Atwood distinguished the ...
e. Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy literature may be directed at both children and adults.
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) [2][3] was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became ...
ISBN. 978-0-7432-8941-2. Lisey's Story is a psychological horror romance novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was released on October 24, 2006. It won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2007. [1][2] An early excerpt from the novel, a short story titled "Lisey and the Madman ...
Binti is an Africanfuturist science fiction horror novella written by Nnedi Okorafor. [1] [2] The novella was published in 2015 by Tor.com. Binti is the first novella in Okorafor's Binti novella series. [3] Binti won multiple prominent literary awards, including the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 2016 Nebula Award for the same category.