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Death of the Author: A visionary science fiction novel and Nebula Award Finalist from the international bestseller

By (author) Nnedi Okorafor

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NEBULA AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION WINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION 'This one has it all' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN 'As delicious as it is disorienting' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS 'Beautifully evoked' THE GUARDIAN 'Mind-bending' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'Suspenseful, timely, and heartfelt' PEOPLE 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. Nnedi Okorafor, a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, presents a sweeping tale about family, culture and identity, and a breathtaking examination of the relationship between writer and reader . . . and robots. Death of the Author is heartfelt, tender, and an ambitious meta-drama about what makes us human. 'There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes' URSULA K. LE GUIN 'A deeply felt dazzle. A blaze. It is true deep to the bones' LUIS ALBERTO URREA 'An ambitious, inventive tribute to the power of storytelling itself' NIKKI ERLICK

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Orion Publishing Co
Published date | 15 Jan 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 448
Dimensions | 196 x 128 x 32mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 310g
ISBN | 978-1-3996-2297-4
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BISAC | fiction / literary


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