Prologue: My World (From Zahrah the Windseeker) When I was born, my mother took one look at me and laughed. “She’s . . . dada,” said the...
Author - Nnedi Okorafor
Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin) is Nnedi Okorafor's first novel. Her second novel, Ejii the Shadow Speaker, is published by Hyperion Books for Children. Nnedi's short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, including Dark Matter II, Strange Horizons, the Margin Anthology of Magical Realism and Writers of the Future, Volume XVIII. Nnedi lives with her daughter, Anyaugo, and family in Illinois.
Shhh, shhh, concentrate on my voice, not the comb in your hair, okay? Goodness, your hair is so thick, though, child. Now I know you like to hear about your...
The little girl in the car sat quietly in a sea of daisies staring at the tiny white frog in the plastic bag. The African clawed frog was a gift from her...
