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2025 Awards

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

A contemporary sci-fi novel that follows two separate tales: one of an author whose life was upended, and the story she writes that might just change her life.


Zelu doesn't know what to do next. After the loss of her university job and the rejection of her latest novel, her life is thrown upside down. Disabled and unemployed —her nosy, judgmental family only makes matters worse. She decides to take a risk and write a book unlike any of her others, a sci-fi drama about the end of humanity. As time goes on, the line between reality and fiction becomes unclear. 

Sci-Fi, Contemporary, Literary Fiction

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