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# n.k. jemisin
- URL: https://atelier.qxavier.com/living-inspirations/inspiration-n-k-jemisin/
- Published: 2026-10-06T11:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T11:50:00.000Z
- Description: novelist, writing full time in brooklyn • an on-demand class at masterclass
- Author: quincéy xavier
- Tags: living inspirations, #Import 2026-10-16 06:39

*novelist, writing full time in brooklyn • an on-demand class at masterclass*

a writer of speculative fiction, author of the broken earth trilogy and *the city we became*, and a 2020 macarthur fellow. she writes full time and holds no faculty post; her class on fantasy and science fiction writing lives at masterclass.

bio from [the macarthur foundation](https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2020/n-k-jemisin?ref=atelier.qxavier.com)

### read

- [A True Utopia: An Interview With N. K. Jemisin](https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/12/03/a-true-utopia-an-interview-with-n-k-jemisin/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the paris review, 2018
- [N.K. Jemisin Wrote a Sci-Fi Ode to New York City, Then It Became Reality](https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nk-jemisin-city/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the nation, 2020
- [Author N.K Jemisin Builds New Worlds. But She Wants Us to Save This One](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-world-we-make-n-k-jemisin-new-york-1234622286/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — rolling stone, 2022
- [Volcanoes, Obelisks, and Spam Sushi: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jemisin%5Finterview%5F2016/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — clarkesworld magazine, 2016
- [Where the magic comes from: an interview with fantasy writer NK Jemisin](https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-02-2022/where-the-magic-comes-from-an-interview-with-fantasy-writer-nk-jemisin?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the spinoff, 2022

### watch

- [N.K. Jemisin: National Book Festival](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697102/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — library of congress, 2020
- [The City We Became: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoPfTXpVqLM&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — museum of the city of new york, 2020
- [N.K. Jemisin with LeVar Burton: The World We Make](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyP5Tmc7u0&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the new york public library
- [A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin: The World We Make](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-H7uYDevw&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — bookfinity
- [N.K. Jemisin: Off The Page](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P601faTwQu0&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — queens college mfa

### hear

- [N.K. Jemisin on Truth, Education, and Speculation](https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/nk-jemisin-truth?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — borrowed and returned, brooklyn public library, 2025
- [19.46: An Interview on Structure with N.K. Jemisin](https://writingexcuses.com/19-46-an-interview-on-structure-with-n-k-jemisin/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — writing excuses, 2024
- [A Legendary World-Builder on Multiverses, Revolution and the 'Souls' of Cities](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-legendary-world-builder-on-multiverses-revolution/id1548604447?i=1000583002187&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the ezra klein show, 2022
- [N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft](https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/articles/n-k-jemisin-h-p-lovecraft-and-jill-lepore-end-pandemic?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the new yorker radio hour, 2020
- [A Not So Distant Future in N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy](https://www.wpr.org/shows/to-the-best-of-our-knowledge/a-not-so-distant-future-in-the-n-k-jemisins-broken-earth-trilogy?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — to the best of our knowledge, wpr, 2017