Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American author of African-based science fiction, fantasy, and magial realism for children and adults. Her works include Who Fears Death, the Binti novella trilogy, The Book of Phoenix, the Akata series, Lagoon, Marvel’s Shuri and Black Panther: Long Live the King. She s the winner of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and her debut novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.