![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In case you have not yet read Who Fears Death, the synopsis is as follows: The fantasy writer joins the likes of Chimamanda Adichie whose acclaimed novel, Americanah's rights were acquired for adaptation by Kenyan actress and filmmaker Lupita Nyong'o.Īpart from being a writer, the multi award-winning author is also a creative writing and literature professor. She has written books such as Akata Witch, Lagoon, Long Juju Man and Zahrah the Windseeker to name a few. Okorafor holds a PhD in English from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She expressed in a tweet, "My novel WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by & is now in early development as a TV series with George RR Martin as executive producer." The author also added that the decision did not happen overnight. In television making news, renowned Nigerian sci-fi, magical futurism, juju fantasy & mystical realism writer, Nnedi Okorafor's novel 'Who Fears Death' has been optioned for an HBO TV show, which will be executive produced by George R.R. ![]()
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