N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin
b. 19 September 1972 · From United States- Books
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N. K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972, in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the Inheritance Trilogy, the Dreamblood duology, the Broken Earth trilogy and the Great Cities duology, along with numerous short stories.
Her Broken Earth trilogy — The Fifth Season (2015), The Obelisk Gate (2016) and The Stone Sky (2017) — made her the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, and the first to win it for every book in a single trilogy. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2020.
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N. K. Jemisin is widely recognized for her groundbreaking contributions to speculative fiction, particularly for being the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel three consecutive times for each novel in her Broken Earth series.
A great starting point for new readers is The Fifth Season, the first book in The Broken Earth trilogy, which introduces her distinctive world-building and thematic depth. Alternatively, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms begins her Inheritance Trilogy, offering a different entry into her fantasy works.
Her Broken Earth trilogy, beginning with The Fifth Season, has been optioned for a television series.
Yes — in 2020, Jemisin received a MacArthur Fellowship (the "Genius Grant"), a no-strings-attached award given by the MacArthur Foundation in recognition of her body of work broadening speculative fiction.