Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian American writer whose novels, novellas and comics combine science fiction, fantasy and African-rooted systems of knowledge. She coined and develops the idea of Africanfuturism, a mode of speculative storytelling centred on Africa, its cultures and possible futures. Her work often follows young women navigating technology, transformation, migration and spiritual power, while remaining grounded in family, community and lived experience. Her bibliography includes the Binti trilogy, Who Fears Death, Lagoon, the Nsibidi Scripts series and comics written for Marvel.
Okorafor continues to publish actively across prose and graphic storytelling. Her official site presents Death of the Author and The Space Cat among her recent releases, while the final volume of the She Who Knows trilogy, The Daughter Who Remains, was scheduled for February 2026. Her media kit also documents a wide body of award-winning work for adult and younger readers. The combination of literary fiction, Africanfuturism, comics and screen development makes her practice unusually broad within contemporary speculative literature. Across these formats, she builds imaginative worlds that remain closely connected with language, place and the complexity of modern African identities.