Zahrah the Windseeker (novel), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2005. E-mail- ĬAREER: Writer, novelist, playwright, and journalist.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Writers of the Future Contest finalist, 2002, for Windseekers Chicago Bar Association Goodnow Entertainment Award, 2003, for "The Awakening" Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist, 2005, for "The Magical Negro" Equiano Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2005, for "How Inyang Got Her Wings" Strange Horizons Reader's Choice Award for nonfiction, 2005, for " Stephen King's Super Duper Magical Negroes" Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism short-story contest winner, for "Biafra." WRITINGS: study at the University of Illinois, Chicago Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop, graduated, 2001.ĪDDRESSES: Agent-c/o Author Mail, Houghton Mifflin Co., Trade Division, Adult Editorial, 8th Fl., 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116-3764. Education: Michigan State University, M.A., 1999 Ph.D. In this exciting debut novel by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, things aren't always what they seem-monkeys tell fortunes, plants offer wisdom, and a teenage girl is the only one who stands a chance at saving her best friend's life.PERSONAL: Female children: Anyaugo (daughter). When Dari's life is threatened, Zahrah must face her worst fears alone, including the very thing that makes her different. The two friends determine to investigate, edging closer and closer to danger. Only her best friend, Dari, isn't afraid of her, even when something unusual begins happening-something that definitely makes Zahrah different. But unlike other children in the village of Kirki, Zahrah was born with the telling dadalocks. Thirteen-year-old Zahrah Tsami feels like a normal girl-she grows her own flora computer, has mirrors sewn onto her clothes, and stays clear of the Forbidden Greeny Jungle. In the northern Ooni Kingdom, fear of the unknown runs deep, and children born dada are rumored to have special powers. Only her best friend, Dari, isn't afraid of her, even when something unusual begins happening-something that definitely makes Zahrah.
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