Death of the Author

Resumen del libro

The future of storytelling is here.

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.

Biografía del autor

Nnedi Okorafor (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1974), de ascendencia igbo, es hija de padres nigerianos que fueron a Estados Unidos y no pudieron volver por la guerra de Biafra. Tras estudiar y afincarse en Estados Unidos, comenzó a escribir relatos en 1993 y en 2005 publicó su primera novela. Desde entonces, ha ganado los principales premios de la literatura fantástica y de ciencia ficción: el Hugo, el Nebula, el Locus y el World Fantasy Award. Algunos de sus libros más destacados son Binti, Quien teme a la muerte y Bruja Akata (Nocturna, 2019), cuya historia continúa Guerrera Akata (Nocturna, 2021) y Mujer Akata (Nocturna, 2023). En la actualidad imparte clases en la Universidad de Búfalo, en Nueva York, y compagina la docencia con la escritura.