N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin is an American speculative-fiction writer whose works include the Broken Earth trilogy, the Inheritance Trilogy, and the Great Cities series.

The Broken Earth Trilogy: N. K. Jemisin’s fantasy trilogy follows people surviving a geological catastrophe in a world marked by recurring apocalypses. This trilogy won Jemisin three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel.
Hugo Award for Best Novel: An annual award presented by the World Science Fiction Society for a science-fiction or fantasy novel. Jemisin won it three years in a row for the Broken Earth trilogy.
Worldbuilding: The creation of a setting’s geography, history, societies, and governing rules for a narrative. Jemisin builds unfamiliar worlds whose physical laws shape their political arrangements.
Octavia E. Butler: An American science-fiction writer known for novels including Kindred and the Parable series. Butler’s influence and career offer a major precedent for Black women shaping American speculative fiction.
Clarion Workshop: A six-week workshop for emerging writers of science fiction and fantasy, founded in 1968. Jemisin attended Clarion West in 2002, developing skills and connections early in her writing career.
The Fifth Season: The first novel of the Broken Earth trilogy follows a mother searching for her daughter amid a civilization-ending disaster. Its fractured chronology and second-person narration announce the trilogy’s formal risks.
Hugo Award: An annual set of awards recognizing works and achievements in science fiction and fantasy. Her consecutive Best Novel wins became a landmark in the award’s history.
Unreliable narrator: A narrator whose account cannot be accepted as a fully accurate representation of events. Her shifting voices and disclosures make narrative perspective part of the reader’s uncertainty.
Samuel R. Delany: An American science-fiction writer and literary critic whose work includes Dhalgren and Nova. Delany’s writing and criticism provide another influential Black literary tradition alongside Jemisin’s work.
Clarion West Writers Workshop: A Seattle-based six-week workshop for writers of speculative fiction. This workshop gave Jemisin an early intensive setting for learning and writing speculative fiction.

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