N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author who won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Fifth Season, which was also a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. She previously won the Locus Award for her first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and her short fiction and novels have been nominated multiple times for Hugo, World Fantasy, Nebula, and RT Reviewers' Choice awards, and shortlisted for the Crawford and the James Tiptree, Jr. awards. She is a science fiction and fantasy reviewer for the New York Times, and you can find her online at nkjemisin.com.
[A] gripping series launch... as well as a rousing political and
supernatural adventure.--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Ah N.K. Jemisin, you can do no wrong.... The blend of cultures and
lore she draws on to make this very unique world is just stunning,
and the fact that she inhabits it with such 3-dimensional
characters is even more impressive.... If you want to get away from
traditional fantasy world-building, but keep the compelling
characters and deep lore, definitely pick this up!!--Felicia
Day
An engaging and fast-paced read with some truly excellent and
complicated worldbuilding, The Killing Moon is the first of two
planned books. Ehiru and Nijiri are complicated and interesting
characters, and the way Jemisin slowly reveals the workings of
their religion and what it means to be corrupt make for an
absolutely fascinating read.--RT Book Reviews
In The Killing Moon, Jemisin displays her usual skill at portraying
a world whose contours seem simple at first but which quickly break
down into something much more complex and dissonant. The world is
so fully fleshed out that I could breathe its spices, while the
story and characters are so much a part of the world that you could
not pull this story or these people out and plug them into a
different setting. Jemisin proves yet again that she is one of the
important new writers in the sff scene.--Kate Elliott, author of
Cold Fire, on The Killing Moon.
Shines for its remarkable characters and graceful prose.--Library
Journal
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