The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2023

Nalo Hopkinson is a writer whose work often explores Caribbean folklore and culture. Her novel Brown Girl in the Ring is a fantastic example of her imaginative storytelling.

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an editor dedicated to showcasing African speculative fiction. He is known for curating "The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction" series (2021, 2022, 2023) and the anthology "Africa Risen.

P. Djèlí Clark is the pen name of Phenderson Djèlí Clark, an American writer of speculative fiction and a historian who teaches at the University of Connecticut. Born in Queens, New York, he was raised largely in Houston, Texas, and spent formative early years in Trinidad and Tobago, his parents' homeland. He holds a doctorate in history from Stony Brook University, where his research focused on emancipation and abolition, and he chose the pen name to keep his fiction apart from his academic wor...

Tananarive Due is an American writer of horror, science fiction and mystery, born in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1966. Her debut novel The Between appeared in 1995, and she went on to write the African Immortals series, beginning with My Soul to Keep, as well as The Good House. Her novel The Reformatory won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel along with the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy awards; her story collection Ghost Summer won the British Fantasy Award, and The Living Blood earned an Amer...