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Nnedi

"The 100 'Greatest Books for Kids'" usatoday.com/life/books/new… Um...you know...no, I'm not gonna say it. Won't say a word. But I'm thinking it. about 6 hours ago via web
and those whom he was fighting for probably saw him as a slave. idiot. about 7 hours ago via web
The Nigerian who smuggled a bomb in his underwear aboard a jetliner on Christmas 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison. What a waste. about 7 hours ago via web
wtf has twitter done to itself? about 7 hours ago via web
the journalist in me is alive and well. lol. about 7 hours ago via web
lol. i just zone out when people start speaking in abstract concepts or using academic jargon. get to the POINT. about 7 hours ago via web
I just nearly DIED of boredom. Thankfully I'm back in my office freshly returned form the brink. Phew. about 7 hours ago via web
A shout out to Who Fears Death--> THE 17 BEST POST-APOCALYPTIC FANTASY NOVELS: macharlito.com/?p=2315 about 11 hours ago via web
@RichardPF :-), glad you liked it. about 11 hours ago via web in reply to RichardPF
these canned celebrity reactions to stuff are so annoying. they ring so false. they are probably edited to death by agent/publicist first. about 11 hours ago via web
RichardPF "Who Fears Death?" by @Nnedi is a very intense & thought provoking, African-related, post-apocalyptic fantasy. Well worth reading. about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by Nnedi and 1 other
The time has come to talk of other things. Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax. Of cabbages and kings! about 15 hours ago via web
Finished editing draft 2 of The Book of Phoenix last night. I am taking a break from writing for a nice chunk of time. Time 2 recharge. about 15 hours ago via web
Call for entries for the 2012 NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE (@NGRLitPrize ), Deadline 30 March: facebook.com/photo.php?pid=… about 15 hours ago via web
sfwa The SFWA Nebula nominations close in less than five hours. Have you voted yet? is.gd/RyKLy8 7:23 PM Feb 15th via TweetDeck Retweeted by Nnedi and 6 others
@BryanThomasS ha! my doodles! awesomeness! 7:24 PM Feb 15th via web in reply to BryanThomasS
@JonathanStrahan :-D. thanks! 7:22 PM Feb 15th via web in reply to JonathanStrahan
@yousufcarew i'm working on that. hopefully, i'll know soon. 7:22 PM Feb 15th via web in reply to yousufcarew
@BonVivantUK yep! *GRIN*, heeheehee. 7:21 PM Feb 15th via web in reply to BonVivantUK
@BryanThomasS merci! 7:10 PM Feb 15th via web in reply to BryanThomasS

Name Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
Location The Greeny Jungle
Web http://www.nnedi.com
Bio Professor and award-winning author of Who Fears Death (DAW), Akata Witch (Penguin), Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin), and The Shadow Speaker (Disney)