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Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

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#392 of 8,085 books · #103 in Science Fiction

Won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2026). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 3 other awards.

Death of the Author was a Sunday Times bestseller. Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she's suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle of her sister's wedding, her life is upended. Disabled, unemployed and from a nosy, high-achieving, judgmental family, she's not sure what comes next. In her hotel room that night, she takes the risk that will define her life - she decides to write a book VERY unlike her others. A science fiction drama about androids and AI after the extinction of humanity. And everything changes. What follows is a tale of love and loss, fame and infamy, of extraordinary events in one world, and another. And as Zelu's life evolves, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur. Because sometimes a story really does have the power to reshape the world.

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Publisher
William Morrow/Victor Gollancz Ltd
ISBN-13
9781399622981
Topics
DisabilityFamily and identityWriting and storytellingArtificial intelligence and robotsFame and reinvention
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