Nnedi Okorafor, PhD

@nnedi.bsky.social

I am on the cover of Publishers Weekly! I’VE NEVER BEEN FEATURED ON A MAGAZINE COVER BEFORE. 🤯🫨 Oh my goodness!! 🥹

Jun 16, 2024 at 01:07 UTC

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Arlene @whynotaduck.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 03:19 UTC

Congratulations! You look amazing!

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 14:08 UTC

What a lovely photo too!

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@burstaholic.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

Aww, with kitty too, what a great picture

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Michael Dunlap @mrnohup.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 13:57 UTC

Congrats! Excellent photo too 😊

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Reginald Harris @reggieh.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

This is wonderful - Congratulations !

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GrumpyAF @maggiedawitch.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:21 UTC

As you should be. Beautiful photo. Gorgeous kitteh ❤️

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Russ Bengtson @russbengtson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:12 UTC

congratulations! great photo too!

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Theo Paijmans @memizon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 19:05 UTC

Congratulations!

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Karen Newcombe 🐈‍⬛ @karen-newcombe.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 18:43 UTC

Awesome photo! Isn’t nearly everything in life better with cats?

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Grant W. Trent @grantwtrent.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

Oh, congratulations! This is exciting. :D

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Seane ND Crafter @seanendcrafter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

That's awesome! Congrats!

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 03:59 UTC

You got Periwinkle Chukwu a cover shoot?! Luckiest. Cat. Ever.

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Grouching Towards Bethlehem @arkansasmichael.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

Your kitty seems like it expected to be on a cover at some point :)

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Harley (hellhound) and Frankie (human) @harleyhellhound.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:24 UTC

Yay! Congrats! 🎉

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Thomas 🚀 SFF180 @sff180.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

Amazing!

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Appreciative @looking.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:32 UTC

That's a great photo. Out of the traits SFF authors must have, as informed by childhood hopped on a Golden Age and Next Wave, SFF authors must like cats. Will the Space Cats get their own account on BlueSky like they did on the Birb place?

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seven syllables @mollieg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 14:12 UTC

Fantastic, congratulations, good work. That photo is amazing plus you look incredible.

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Lee Rowan @leerowan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:46 UTC

Congratulations!

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@hope-post.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 03:03 UTC

Well who the heck has? Good for you! You look as beautiful as you are brilliant! Well done👏🏻💙🎉👏🏻💙🎉

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 12:35 UTC

Bombastic applause!!!

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Ðavid Þetraitis @davidpetraitis.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 02:04 UTC

Congratulations!!! And lovely cat familiar!

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God of Posters @postgod.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 06:52 UTC

congratulations! and what a terrific photo

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

💙❤️

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AceCatLady @acecatlady.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

Congratulations and also omg the kitty!

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James Felix Black @tft.io
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 13:57 UTC

Outstanding! And wow what a cat!

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 11:47 UTC

That picture is GREAT 😍😍😍

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:08 UTC

Congratulations!!!

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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 14:20 UTC

You look great! Props to both you and the photographer for a brilliant shot. And congrats!

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Baseball Enthusiast @iluvbaseball.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 12:53 UTC

Beautiful picture, and I ordered a copy of Binti. I am excited that the cats tab in Bluesky led me to a book!

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Corvid Dallas Multipass (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @genuscorvidae.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:26 UTC

HELL YES!!!!

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miriad @miriad79.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 02:39 UTC

How exciting! A feature on your work AND you look awesome (like seriously awesome, I can't EVEN) on the cover while holding a cat. Double (triple?) win!!!!

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hallie 🪶🗝️ 𓂆 فلسطين حرة 🇵🇸 @hotan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 18:41 UTC

congrats!!! and that photo tho?????? 🔥

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@ljevans.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 02:11 UTC

Your cat almost certainly thinks that *she* is the cover girl for Publishers Weekly and you are only the place she has chosen to sit. :)

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Wool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:45 UTC

You are both beautiful!

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Michele Stuart @crystalbrier.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 14:18 UTC

So great ! And what a great picture.

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Lora Gray @loragray.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:22 UTC

Congrats! It’s such a great photo too 😍

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HockeyHare🏒🐇 @hockeyhare.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 04:13 UTC

I mean, it is really more featuring the cat? Don’t feel bad, the animals at our house always hog the spotlight as well…

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 02:17 UTC

My cat’s name is Periwinkle Chukwu. He is male (so let’s get the pronouns correct). He is the star of my forthcoming graphic novel The Space Cat (to be published by First Second Books in the Spring of 2025). Note: That’s my *other* cat Neptune looking at these early pages:

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:44 UTC

Congrats!

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Lisa Nohealani Morton @lnmorton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:13 UTC

I assume it's not Periwinkle Chukwu's first time, though, since he's obviously a model. Congratulations!

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Freddie (he/him) @fpk3.com
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

Great milestone, congratulations!

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PolyChrome @jenstone.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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Derek Vandivere @dersk.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:25 UTC

Great photo. Makes me think of a TV Guide cover from the 70s that never was, about the new hit show about a woman who solves crimes with her cat, who hosts the spirit of a lesser-known pharaoh.

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