(1987-06-06) 6 June 1987 (age 36) Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria[1]
Occupation
Writer, video artist
Nationality
Nigerian
Education
New York University (MPA) Syracuse University (MFA)
Genre
Fantasy, romance
Years active
2017–present
Notable works
Freshwater Pet The Death of Vivek Oji Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
Website
www.akwaeke.com
Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and video artist, best known for their novels Freshwater, Pet, and their New York Times bestselling novel The Death of Vivek Oji.[2] Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir and poetry for both young adults and adults with mostly LGBT themes. Their work has earned them several awards and nominations including the Otherwise Award and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. In 2021, Time featured them as a Next Generation Leader.[3]
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AkwaekeEmezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and video artist, best known for their novels Freshwater, Pet, and their New York Times bestselling novel The...
She is the youngest of three siblings, her older sibling being AkwaekeEmezi. Emezi started with photography in 2015 and has been commissioned by The...
author AkwaekeEmezi. It was published on 4 August 2020 by Riverhead books, it narrates the life of Vivek Oji until his death. It is Emezi's second adult...
with Your Beauty is a 2022 romance novel by Nigerian writer AkwaekeEmezi. It is Emezi's first romance novel, third adult novel and it follows Feyi Adekola...
Little Rot is a 2024 novel written by Nigerian writer AkwaekeEmezi. This novel is about five friends who get caught in a mess of sex, lies, and corruption...
Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir is a 2021 memoir written by Nigerian author AkwaekeEmezi. It was first published in 2021 by Riverhead Books in the United States...
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transgender and gender non-conforming authors, such as Janet Mock, AkwaekeEmezi, and Casey Plett, who have published books through Arsenal Pulp Press...
2022-02-10. Pineda, Dorinay (2021-03-02). "Isabel Wilkerson, Jacob Soboroff, AkwaekeEmezi among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved...
Chain Reaction Anne Emery: Dinny Gordon series, The Popular Crowd AkwaekeEmezi: Pet Sylvia Engdahl: Enchantress from the Stars, This Star Shall Abide...
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), novelist E. Nolue Emenanjo (born 1943) AkwaekeEmezi (born 1987) Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–97) Rosemary Esehagu (born 1981)...
her mother that did not die in infancy. In the novel Freshwater by AkwaekeEmezi (2018), the main character, Ada, contains multiple ọgbanje. In Francesca...
(novel), a 2019 young adult speculative fiction novel by Nigerian author AkwaekeEmezi Parent Effectiveness Training, a parent education program developed...
and essayist Adolphus Wabara – Former Senate President of Nigeria. AkwaekeEmezi – novelist Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, politician, businessman and philanthropist...
Lukoff When Aidan Became a Brother Winner Dean Atta The Black Flamingo AkwaekeEmezi Pet Honor Abdi Nazemian Like a Love Story Maulik Pancholy The Best At...
Okeke Kelvin Okafor Ada Udechukwu (born 1960) Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani AkwaekeEmezi (born 1987) Africanus Horton(1835–1883), also known as James Beale,...
otherwiseaward.org. Retrieved 22 June 2022. Tor.com (2012-03-10). "AkwaekeEmezi Wins the 2019 Otherwise Award". Retrieved 22 June 2022. Locus (2020-06-27)...
Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023. "Emezi Wins 2019 Otherwise Award". Locus Online. April 13, 2020. Archived from...
Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist; half Tamil Sharon Bala, Canadian writer AkwaekeEmezi, Nigerian writer and video artist; half Tamil Rani Manicka, Malaysian...
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