NK Jemisin

NK Jemisin (2015)

Nora K. Jemisin (* 19th September 1972 in Iowa City ) is an American science fiction - and fantasy - author .

Life

Jemisin was born in Iowa City and grew up in New York City and Mobile, Alabama . She studied psychology in New Orleans and College Park, Maryland . Today she lives in Brooklyn .

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Jemisin is known as a blogger on feminist and political topics. Since 2004 she has also published fantasy and science fiction literature on these topics . Her first novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms from 2010 was honored with the Locus Award for best debut. As a result, she was nominated several times for the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award . Her novels The Fifth Season and The Obelisk Gate won Hugo awards in 2016 and 2017, respectively. This makes her the first African-American author to receive the Hugo Award in the Best Novel category. The Stone Sky received the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2018 and also received the Locus Award in the Fantasy category in 2018 . In 2018 she received the Karl Edward Wagner Award as part of the British Fantasy Awards .

Jemisin is considered one of the best modern fantasy writers. Her work was successful both commercially and in reception.

Her novels from the Inheritance Trilogy (German: Das Erbe der Götter ), Mass Effect: Andromeda - Feuertaufe as well as the first two parts of the series Die Große Stille are currently available in German translation .

Awards

2019: Locus Award for How Long 'til Black Future Month? as the best collection
2018: Karl Edward Wagner Award
2018: Hugo Award for The Stone Sky as best novel
2018: Nebula Award for The Stone Sky as best novel
2018: Locus Award for The Stone Sky as best novel
2017: Hugo Award for The Obelisk Gate as best novel
2016: Hugo Award for The Fifth Season as best novel
2011: Locus Award for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms for best first novel
2011: Sense of Gender Award for the Japanese translation of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

bibliography

Novels

The Inheritance Trilogy

All translated by Helga Parmiter.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms , Orbit (US) 2009, ISBN 978-0-316-07597-8
- The heiress of the world , Blanvalet 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-26669-2
The Broken Kingdoms , Orbit (US) 2010, ISBN 978-0-316-04396-0
- The Companion of Light , Blanvalet 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-26670-8
The Kingdom of Gods , Orbit 2011, ISBN 978-1-84149-819-5
- The rival of the gods , Blanvalet 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-26671-5

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Initiation , Titan Books 2017, ISBN 978-1-78565-160-1 (with Mac Walters)
- Baptism of Fire , Panini 2017, translators Andreas Kasprzak & Tobias Toneguzzo, ISBN ISBN = 978-3-8332-3521-4

The Broken Earth

All translated by Susanne Gerold.

The Fifth Season , Orbit (US) 2015, ISBN 978-0-316-22929-6
- Zerrissene Erde , Knaur 2018, ISBN 978-3-426-52178-6
The Obelisk Gate , Orbit (US) 2016, ISBN 978-0-316-22926-5
- Burning rock , Knaur 2020, ISBN 978-3-426-52516-6
The Stone Sky , Orbit (US) 2017, ISBN 978-0-316-22924-1
- Steinerner Himmel , Knaur 2020, ISBN 978-3-426-52517-3

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The Killing Moon , Orbit (US) 2012, ISBN 978-0-316-18728-2
The Shadowed Sun , Orbit 2012, ISBN 978-0-356-50077-5

The Great Cities Trilogy

The City We Became , Orbit (US) 2020, ISBN 978-0-316-50984-8

collection

How Long 'til Black Future Month? , Orbit (US) 2018, ISBN 978-0-316-49134-1

As editor

Systems Fail , Aqueduct Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-61976-060-8 (with Hiromi Goto)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 , Mariner Books 2018, ISBN 978-1-328-83456-0

Non-fiction

with Stephen H. Segal, Genevieve Valentine , Zaki Hasan, Eric San Juan : The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture . 2011.

Web links

Literature by and about NK Jemisin in the catalog of the German National Library
NK Jemisin in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
NK Jemisin in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
Works by and about NK Jemisin at Open Library
Homepage of the author

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Authors: NK Jemisin. In: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
↑ NK Jemisin. In: Fantastic Couch. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b N. K. Jemesin: about. In: Epiphany 2.0. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
↑ Andrew Liptak: Here are the winners of the 2018 Nebula Awards. The Verge , May 20, 2018, accessed June 25, 2018 .
↑ Announcing the 2018 Locus Awards Winners: Fantasy Novel. Tor.com, accessed June 25, 2018 .
↑ Adam Whitehead: The value zone: NK Jemisin sells one millionth novel. In: The Value Zone. November 9, 2018, accessed February 26, 2020 .
↑ Laura Miller: The Fantasy Master NK Jemisin Turns to Short Stories . In: The New York Times . November 30, 2018, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 26, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Jemisin, NK
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jemisin, Nora K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Iowa City

[SFE-1] Authors: NK Jemisin. In: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .

[phantastik-couch-2] NK Jemisin. In: Fantastic Couch. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .

[offHomepage-3] N. K. Jemesin: about. In: Epiphany 2.0. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .

[4] Andrew Liptak: Here are the winners of the 2018 Nebula Awards. The Verge , May 20, 2018, accessed June 25, 2018 .

[5] Announcing the 2018 Locus Awards Winners: Fantasy Novel. Tor.com, accessed June 25, 2018 .

[6] Adam Whitehead: The value zone: NK Jemisin sells one millionth novel. In: The Value Zone. November 9, 2018, accessed February 26, 2020 .

[7] Laura Miller: The Fantasy Master NK Jemisin Turns to Short Stories . In: The New York Times . November 30, 2018, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 26, 2020]).