n.k. jemisin
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
read
- A True Utopia: An Interview With N. K. Jemisin — the paris review, 2018
- N.K. Jemisin Wrote a Sci-Fi Ode to New York City, Then It Became Reality — the nation, 2020
- Author N.K Jemisin Builds New Worlds. But She Wants Us to Save This One — rolling stone, 2022
- Volcanoes, Obelisks, and Spam Sushi: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin — clarkesworld magazine, 2016
- Where the magic comes from: an interview with fantasy writer NK Jemisin — the spinoff, 2022
watch
- N.K. Jemisin: National Book Festival — library of congress, 2020
- The City We Became: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin — museum of the city of new york, 2020
- N.K. Jemisin with LeVar Burton: The World We Make — the new york public library
- A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin: The World We Make — bookfinity
- N.K. Jemisin: Off The Page — queens college mfa
hear
- N.K. Jemisin on Truth, Education, and Speculation — borrowed and returned, brooklyn public library, 2025
- 19.46: An Interview on Structure with N.K. Jemisin — writing excuses, 2024
- A Legendary World-Builder on Multiverses, Revolution and the 'Souls' of Cities — the ezra klein show, 2022
- N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft — the new yorker radio hour, 2020
- A Not So Distant Future in N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy — to the best of our knowledge, wpr, 2017