In honor Black History Month, I wanted to give a shout out to New York Times best-selling author, N.K. Jemisin. I recently became aware of Ms. Jemisin when she was interviewed on NPR’s 1A last November. She was there to promote The World We Make, the second book in her Great City series. I was quite taken by Ms. Jemisin’s eloquence and candor and could tell right away that she is a force to be reckoned with. When she described an action sequence from her book where Starbucks stores come to life and begin attacking the protagonists I knew instantly that she was someone I wanted to read.
Ms. Jemisin made history by becoming the first author to win consecutive Hugo awards for all three of the books in her Broken Earth trilogy. She has won other awards, including the Nebula, and has been an instructor at Clarion and Clarion West writing workshops. After listening to the interview, I ran out and purchased a copy of The Fifth Season, the first book in her Broken Earth series. What an amazing book! The story takes place on a planet with a single supercontinent called the Stillness. Every few centuries, its inhabitants endure a fifth season, a time of catastrophic climate change. It’s an extraordinary story and a great example of how important world building is to fantasy and science fiction. The praise Ms. Jemisin has received for her writing is well-deserved, but don’t take my word for it. She is as prolific as she is talented, so check out her books for yourself!
To learn more about Ms. Jemisin and her books, visit her website at: nkjemisin.com
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