WRITER

N. K. Jemisin

1972 - Today

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Nora Keita Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her fiction includes a wide range of themes, notably cultural conflict and oppression. Her debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and the subsequent books in her Inheritance Trilogy received critical acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of N. K. Jemisin has received more than 2,827,093 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). N. K. Jemisin is the 6,553rd most popular writer (down from 5,942nd in 2019), the 12,644th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,903rd in 2019) and the 919th most popular American Writer.

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  • 32

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  • 2.60

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  • 4.50

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Notable Works

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms NK Jemisin
The broken kingdoms
Blind women, Gods, Fiction
How Long 'Til Black Future Month? (Thorndike Press Large Print African American)
The fifth season
The hundred thousand kingdoms
Gods, Fantasy, Fiction
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably together.
The shadowed sun
Epidemics, Nightmares, Fiction

Among WRITERS

Among writers, N. K. Jemisin ranks 6,553 out of 7,302Before her are William Monahan, Greg Daniels, Andrey Malakhov, Pippa Middleton, Naja Marie Aidt, and Lisa Brennan-Jobs. After her are John Burroughs, Guillermo Martínez, Nino Haratischwili, Ronald D. Moore, Woeser, and Joan Carreras i Goicoechea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, N. K. Jemisin ranks 470Before her are Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Nicole Eggert, Justyna Steczkowska, Katja Seizinger, Andrey Malakhov, and Priti Patel. After her are Aleksey Dyumin, Aysen Nikolayev, Andrzej Kubica, Brian Baumgartner, Michael Landes, and DJ Ashba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, N. K. Jemisin ranks 12,644 out of 20,380Before her are Tom Irwin (1956), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Eric Close (1967), Tim Meadows (1961), Anissa Jones (1958), and Abel Kiviat (1892). After her are Charlie Weber (1978), Scott Altman (1959), Cam Clarke (1957), Derek Chauvin (1976), Dale Midkiff (1959), and Caesar Rodney (1728).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, N. K. Jemisin ranks 919Before her are Dennis Prager (1948), Anthony Boucher (1911), Alice Hoffman (1952), William Monahan (1960), Greg Daniels (1963), and Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978). After her are John Burroughs (1837), Ronald D. Moore (1964), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Michael Pollan (1955), Gregory S. Paul (1954), and John Stossel (1947).