Nnedi Okorafor was born in the United States to two Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents. She holds a PhD in English and was a professor of creative writing at Chicago State University. She has been the winner of many awards for her short stories and young adult books, and won a World Fantasy Award for Who Fears Death. Nnedi's books are inspired by her Nigerian heritage and her many trips to Africa.
Praise for the Binti trilogy:
"Okorafor's writing is even more beautiful than I remember it being
in Binti, evocative and sharply elegant in its economy....What
Binti: Home says, ultimately, is that traveling the galaxy is
relatively easy compared to understanding ourselves and each
other—and that this is crucial, necessary work." —NPR
"[Binti: Home] opens up Binti's tale in astonishing ways, while
provocatively exploring questions of identity and kinship."
—Chicago Tribune
"Binti is a compact gem of adventure, bravery and other worlds.
Nnedi Okorafor efficiently and effectively uses the short format to
create a visual, suspenseful ride. And the heroine, Binti, invites
us along to participate in her secret mission. From the start she
is special and destined for greater things, but without knowing the
tests that will challenge her resilience. As a result, her heroism
and vulnerabilities grab our attention, holding tight until the
end." —USA Today
"Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. Her
worlds open your mind to new things, always rooted in the red clay
of reality. Prepare to fall in love with Binti." —Neil Gaiman, New
York Times bestselling author of American Gods
"Binti is a supreme read about a smart, edgy Afropolitan in space!
It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and
age-old African diplomacy. Unforgettable!" —Wanuri Kahiu,
award-winning Kenyan film director of Punzi and From a Whisper
"Binti is like Ripley, having to deal with death and drama but in a
really clever way that drinks from the pool of who she is. It's a
beautiful, heady, a bit scary, and ultimately fulfilling piece of
fiction that made me cry in its last paragraph because of its
hopeful, uplifting ending." —Kirkus Reviews
"Binti's powerful feelings of displacement, loss, grief, and joy
make this entertaining narrative vivid, funny, and memorable."
—Publishers Weekly
"Equal parts thriller, adventure, and quest, this work also serves
as a timely parable about the power of educating girls. In spite of
every possible obstacle, Binti is a girl determined to succeed,
whose acute intellect will save her world." —Library Journal
(starred review)
"The prose is vivid and unadorned, the pacing strong, and then
developed as a whole deeply compelling." —Locus
"Full of the author's trademark inventiveness, Home follows
Okorafor's compelling protagonist through a series of events that
strip Binti of her comforts, her safe spaces, and her familiar
tools in order to prepare Binti for the next stage of her journey."
—SFRA
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