Tochi Onyebuchi (born October 4, 1987) is a

Nigerian American Nigerian Americans ( ig, Ṇ́dị́ Naìjíríyà n'Emerịkà; ha, Yan Najeriyar asalin Amurka; yo, Àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà Amẹ́ríkà) are an ethnic group of Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigran ...

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and

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writer and former

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yer. His novella, '' Riot Baby'', received an Alex Award from the American Library Association and the World Fantasy Award in 2021. He is known for incorporating civil rights and

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into his stories and novels.Krantz, Rachel. (2021, November 8). "Freedom Writer," ''Publishers Weekly'', ''268'' (45): 37-38. via EBSCO, accessed June 23, 2022.

Early life

Onyebuchi was born in

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. His parents were Nigerian

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immigrants Elizabeth Ihuegbu and Nnamdi Onyebuchi, who was a restaurant manager. His first name means "praise God" in

. His family lived in

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, until 1998, when his father died at aged 39. His family then moved to

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, to a mostly white neighborhood. He attended the

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school in

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. He says, "Growing up as the son of Nigerian immigrants, I always felt like I was in a position where I didn't completely identify as an African-American; I can trace my family eight generations back, but I'm not fully Nigerian, because I was born in America. I operate in that sort of in-between space." As a youth, Onyebuchi was an avid reader and was strongly influenced by

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, especially the character of

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. While he appreciated works by black authors he was required to read in high school, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', he preferred adventure and science fiction stories. His favorite book was the manga series ''

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''. In high school, he studied abroad for a year in France, where he fell in love with

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's ''

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'', and was inspired when he learned Dumas was of African ancestry. He wrote extensively growing up and attempted to sell his first novel in high school. He attended

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, graduating with a degree in political science in 2009. While there, he was a member of the fraternity of

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.Milestones
(PDF). ''The Review''. St. Anthony Hall (Spring): 27. 2022. During college, he spent a summer in Morocco learning Arabic. He earned a

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degree in screenwriting from New York University's

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. While getting his MFA, he worked as a digital media intern for

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. Onyebuchi also received a master's degree in Global Economic Law from

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in France. He then attended

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, receiving a

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degree in 2015. There, he "got woke" about the differences between the lives of white and black Americans.

Career

After law school, Onyebuchi was licensed with the New York Bar and began a career in civil rights law. He worked in the Civil Rights Bureau of the

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's Office and was also an investigator for New York City's

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where he assisted prisoners from Rikers Island. He said, "This brought me to the edge of burnout. I wanted to remain involved in those issues, but away from the constant grind. I realized I didn't have the stamina for it." He worked at a high-tech firm as a domain expert from 2017 to 2019, using his two-hour daily commute on the train as time to write. In 2019, he left his job to devote his time to writing.

Novels and stories

Onyebuchi began writing novels and submitting them to publishers when he was in high school. When his first sixteen novels were rejected, he decided to move on to a new project rather than to edit and resubmit. Because of this process, he had written seventeen novels in fifteen years. About a year after law, school, he signed a contract to write two young adult novels. His first published novel, '' Beasts Made of Night,'' was written for young adult readers and is set in a mythical dystopian world inspired by Nigerian folklore.Abron, Dawn. 2017, 'Onyebuchi, Tochi. Beasts Made of Night', ''School Library Journal'', vol. 63, no. 7, via EBSCO, viewed 23 June 2022,"Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi." ''Time.com''. October 2020:N.PAG. via EBSCO. Accessed June 23, 2022. ''

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'' wrote, "Onyebuchi's world-building is strong, and the details leap off the page; readers will witness the poverty, smell the delicious food, and feel the physical pain of being a sin-eater." ''Time'' wrote, "This balancing act of thrill and inquiry promises to make the 33-year-old Onyebuchi a power player in the YA world in the years to come." ''Beast of Night'' won the 2018 Ilube

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for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African. He published a sequel, ''Crown of Thunder'', in 2018. He then wrote the War Girls young adult series which includes ''

War Girls ''War Girls'' is a 2019 science fiction novel by Nigerian-American author Tochi Onyebuchi. The novel depicts a post-apocalyptic future world that has been environmentally devastated by nuclear conflict and global warming. The North American and Eu ...

'' in 2019 and ''Rebel Sisters'' in 2020. The setting for ''War Girls'' is Nigeria of 2172, but using historical events such as the

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.Carbone, E 2019, 'Oneybechi, Tochi. War Girls', ''School Library Journal'', vol. 65, no. 7. via EBSCO, viewed 23 June 2022. ''

'' wrote that ''

'' was, "A bleak but compulsively readable story with high action and high drama in equal measure." In 2020, he published '' Riot Baby'', revolving around Kev, born during the

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and his sister who possesses

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powers. Onyebuchi drew on his experience as a lawyer in setting much of the novel at

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in New York, where Kev is wrongfully incarcerated. His inspiration for the novel came from the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Trayvon Martin and the lack of indictments of the police officers who killed them. He says, ""I felt a rage born of impotence. At the same time, as a writer, I clung to this idea of writers as alchemists—that we can take pain and anger and rage and sorrow and turn it into a work of art that will alleviate this crippling sense of loneliness." '' Riot Baby'' won the

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for young adult fiction from the

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, the

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for best novella, and the

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for best novella. ''Riot Baby'' was also a finalist for the 2021

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. In 2022, Onyebuchi's first adult science fiction novel, ''Goliath'', was published by

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. He started working on this novel before writing ''Beasts of Night''. ''Goliath'' is set in the year 2050 when the wealthy have moved to space colonies, leaving the poor behind in the crumbling remains of Earth. Through his novel, Onyebuchi critiques income inequality, gentrification, and racism. ''

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'' wrote that it was "urgent, gorgeous work". It was selected as ''

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'' Editors' Choice Pick and one of "5 Books Not to Miss" by ''

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'', and was a nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel in the 2022

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. His stories have appeared in several anthologies and ''

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,'' ''

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, Lightspeed, Omenauna Magazine,'' and ''

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.''

Comics

Onyebuchi's first comic was a

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story for the anthology ''Marvel's Voices: Legacy''. One reviewer noted, "Tochi Onyebuchi writes one of the most effective Domino stories ever..." In 2021,

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announced Onyebuchi would write a new comics series titled '' Black Panther Legends'' focusing on the origin of the

with illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey. A long-time fan of comics, Onyebuchi said his response to this project was, "Is this real? Is this really happening?" ...I still can't totally process that I am writing a Black Panther book for Marvel." In 2022, Onyebuchi wrote a

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preview comic titled ''Captain America #0'', alongside Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzig, It was illustrated by Mattia De Iluis. He went on to write ''Captain America: Symbol of Truth'', with art by R. B. Silva.

Video games

In 2021, Onyebuchi was among the writers of Call Of Duty: Vanguard video game developed by

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and published by

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Awards and honors

* 2021 AABMC Literary Award – ''Riot Baby'' * 2021

– ''Riot Baby'' * 2021

, Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre – ''#PublishingPaidMe'', with L. L. McKinney * 2021

for Best in Creative Nonfiction – "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" * 2021

for Best Novella – ''Riot Baby'' * 2021

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– ''Riot Baby'' * 2020 New England Book Award for Fiction – ''Riot Baby'' * 2018

for Best Novel – ''Beasts Made of Night'',

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, 2017

Nominations

* 2021

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Finalist for Best Novella – ''Riot Baby'' * 2021

Finalist for Best in Creative Nonfiction – "Fine Weather, Isn't It?" * 2021

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Finalist for Best Novella – ''Riot Baby'' * 2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work – ''Riot Baby'' * 2021

Nominee for Best Novella – ''Riot Baby'' * 2020

Finalist for Best Novel Young Adult – ''War Girls'' * 2020

Finalist for Best Young Adult Novel – ''War Girls'' * 2020

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Finalist for Best Novella – ''Riot Baby'' * 2020

Nominee for Best Novel – ''War Girls''

Personal life

Onyebuchi resides in

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Published works

Novels and novellas

* '' Riot Baby.'' Tor Books, 2020. * ''

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''. Tor Books, 2022. ISBN 9781250782953 * "A Righteous Man" (''Trespass Collection #5''), ''Amazon Original Stories'', 2022.

Nonfiction

* ''(S)kinfolk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah''. Fiction Advocate, 2021.

Young Adult novels

Beasts Made of Night series

* '' Beasts Made of Night''. Razorbill, 2017. * ''Crown of Thunder''. Razorbill, 2018.

War Girls series

* ''

''. Razorbill, 2019. * ''Rebel Sisters''. Razorbill, 2020.

Comics

* ''Black Panther Legends'',

, 2021. * ''Legends Black Panther Legends #1'', Marvel Comics, 2021. * ''Black Panther Legends #2'', Marvel Comics, 2021. * ''Black Panther Legends #3'', Marvel Comics, 2022. * ''Black Panther Legends #4'', Marvel Comics, 2022. * ''Marvel's Voices: Legacy volume 1. various authors.'' Marvel, February 1, 2022. * C''aptain America: Symbol of Truth #1'', Marvel Comics, 2022. * ''Captain America: Symbol of Truth #2'', Marvel Comics, 2022. * ''Captain America: Symbol of Truth #3'', Marvel Comics, 2022. * ''Captain America: Symbol of Truth #4'', Marvel Comics, 2022.

Short Stories in Anthologies

* "Still Life with Hammers, a Broom, and a Brick Stacker," ''Obsidian: Speculating Futures: Black Imagination & The Arts.'' Downstate Legacies'','' 2016. * "Samson and the Delilah's," ''Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America'' (ed. Ibi Zoboi), HarperCollins, 2019. * "The Hurt Pattern, ''Made to Order: Robots and Revolution'',"

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, 2020. * "Habibi," ''A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology.''

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, editor''.''

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, 2020. * "How to Pay Reparations: A Documentary," ''Year's Best Science Fiction Volume 2''.

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, editor. Saga Press, 2021. * "How to Pay Reparations: A Documentary," ''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021''.

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and

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, editors. Mariner Books, 2021.

Short stories in magazines

* "Dust to Dust," ''Panverse Three'', Panverse Publishing, September 2011 and ''

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'', June 2019. * "Zen and the Art of an Android Beatdown, or Cecile Meets a Boxer: A Love Story," ''

'', 2014. * "Place of Worship," ''Asmiov's Science Fiction'', September 2014. * "Screamers," ''Omenana'', i#8, November 2016. * "The Fifth Day," ''

'', i#30, September/October 2019. * "A Room of One's Own," ''Us in Flux'',

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Center for Science and the Imagination, May 2020. * "How to Pay Reparations: A Documentary," ''Slate'', August 2020. * "Presque Vue," ''

'', #41, 2021.

Essays

* "From Scalia and a White Supremacist, a Victory for Prisoners' Rights," ''The Common Law,'' November 2015. * "Where Do Scalia's Come From?," '' Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy'', 2016, p. 13-15. * "From Harlem to Wakanda: on Luke Cage and Black Panther," ''

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Blog,'' November 12, 2016. * "Homecoming: How Afrofuturism Bridges the Past and the Present," ''

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'', February 27, 2018. * "The Art of the Drug Deal: Kanye West, "Daytona," and the Exploitation of Addiction," '' RaceBaitr'', June 21, 2018. * "Homo Duplex," ''

'', #24, September/October 2018. * "invisible" Not Seeing Myself in Any of my High School Reading Changed Me More than You'd Think.," ''

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,'' June 2019. * "White Bears in Sugar Land: Juneteenth, Cages, and Afrofuturism," ''Tor.com'', June 19, 2019. * "Select Difficulty," ''Tor.com'', August 26, 2019. * "My Gift Was Memory: On Ta-Nehisi Coates's ''The Water Dancer," Tor.com,'' October 15, 2019. * "30 Minutes Till Madness: Power and Male Derangement in The Wheel of Time," ''Tor.com'', October 21, 2019. * "'Where in your affidavit does it say you're Black?': Why Worldbuilding Can't Neglect Race," ''

'', January 21, 2020. * "Why War Stories Could Reinjure Those Affected," ''Oxford University Press Blog'', April 8, 2020. * "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest," ''Tor.com'', June 1, 2020. * "Fine Weather, Isn't It?," ''

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Bulletin'' #215, December 8, 2020.

References

External links

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