DEATH OF THE AUTHOR. By Nnedi Okorafor. William Morrow. 448 pages. $30. Nnedi Okorafor’s latest novel is a metafictional two-for-one treat, combining this prolific author’s trademark ...

By Nnedi Okorafor. William Morrow, 448 pages, $30. Chris Vognar, a freelance culture writer, was the 2009 Nieman Arts and Culture Fellow at Harvard University. Follow Us . Subscribe Now.

In Nnedi Okorafor’s new novel, “Death of the Author,” a once-struggling writer grapples with power, privilege, agency and art after her book becomes a life-changing hit.

Death of the Author explores how life and art intersect in a genre-defying tale. Nnedi Okorafor has always defied categorisation. When she first began querying publishers at the very start of her ...

After winning just about every major science fiction and fantasy award, Nnedi Okorafor explores a traumatic event in her own history in her most autobiographical novel yet. By Alexandra Alter When ...

Nnedi Okorafor is back on 1A. And this time, the award-winning speculative fiction author is turning her eyes and her pen from the stars to a story a little closer to reality. But not by much ...

Nnedi Okorafor has always defied categorisation. When she first began querying publishers at the very start of her career, “They would say: ‘We don’t know what this is.