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7	Nora K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972 in Iowa City, Iowa), writing under the more mysterious shorthand N. K. Jemisin, is an American writer of {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction whose work has won the MediaNotes/HugoAward and been nominated for the MediaNotes/NebulaAward and the MediaNotes/WorldFantasyAward. On the subject of the Hugos, she's the only person in the award's history to win Best Novel three years in a row with her Broken Earth trilogy.
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9	She also blogs extensively about the representation of marginalized groups in fantasy literature as well as the genre itself on her website, which can be found [[http://nkjemisin.com/ here]]. Additionally, she [[JustForFun/OneOfUs streams her gaming sessions]] on Platform/{{Twitch}} [[https://www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin here]].
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11	[[index]]
12	!!N. K. Jemisin's works with their own pages include:
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14	* ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''
15	** ''The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'' (2010)
16	** ''The Broken Kingdoms'' (2010)
17	** ''The Kingdom of Gods'' (2011)
18	** ''The Awakened Kingdom'' (2014), a novella set in the same setting
19	** ''Shades in Shadow'' (2015), a short story collection in the setting
20	* ''Literature/DreambloodDuology''
21	** ''The Killing Moon'' (2012)
22	** ''The Shadowed Sun'' (2012)
23	* ''Literature/TheBrokenEarthTrilogy''
24	** ''Literature/TheFifthSeason'' (2015)
25	** ''Literature/TheObeliskGate'' (2016)
26	** ''Literature/TheStoneSky'' (2017)
27	* ''Literature/HowLongTilBlackFutureMonth'' (2018): A collection of short stories.
28	* ''Literature/MassEffectInitiation'' (2017) with MacWalters of Creator/{{Bioware}}
29	* ''ComicBook/FarSector'' (2019), a Creator/YoungAnimal comic book with art by Jamal Campbell.
30	* ''Literature/TheGreatCities'', an UrbanFantasy series taking place in New York City.
31	** ''Literature/TheCityWeBecame'' (2020)
32	** ''Literature/TheWorldWeMake'' (2022)
33	[[/index]]
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36	!! N.K. Jemisin's works provide examples of the following tropes:
37	* AnthropomorphicPersonification:
38	** "On the Banks of the River Lex" features a personified Death walking around a decayed New York City.
39	** Taken up to eleven in ''The City We Became'' which features personifications not just of major cities, but of the boroughs of New York as well.
40	* BigApplesauce: Some of her fiction is set in New York.

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