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Jordan Ifueko
Nigerian American writer (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jordan Ifueko (born August 16, 1993) is a Nigerian American writer of fantasy and young adult fiction.[1] She is best known for her novel Raybearer, which became a New York Times bestseller, and its sequel, Redemptor.[2] Her third novel set in the world of Raybearer, The Maid and the Crocodile, was released August 2024.[3] She also writes short stories, which have been published in Strange Horizons.[4]
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Early life
Jordan Ifueko was born in Southern California to two Nigerian parents who migrated to the United States;[5] her mother is from the Yoruba tribe while her father is from the Bini tribe. Ifueko stated she grew up listening to West African folktales narrated by her mother.[5] She was home schooled by her parents and attended George Fox University in Oregon. She is married and lives in Atlanta with her family.[6]
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As a teenager in 2008, Ifueko wrote Jane Austen inspired Neopets fanfiction that was serialized in the Neopets in-game newspaper, The Neopian Times.[7] Ifueko's debut novel Raybearer, inspired partly by her West African heritage and other world cultures, was published on August 18, 2020, by Abrams Books,[8] and became a New York Times bestseller.[9] It was nominated for the Andre Norton Award,[10] the Ignyte Award for Best Young Adult Novel[11] and the Goodreads Choice Award for best Debut Novel and best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction.[12][13] The novel was honoured as one of the American Library Association's (ALA) Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults[14] and ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults.[15] It was followed by a sequel, Redemptor, published in 2021 which was nominated for Ignyte Awards, Lodestar Award and Andre Norton Award.[16][17][18][19]
In September 2021, it was announced that Netflix was in the development phase of adapting Raybearer into a television series, under a new overall deal with Gina Atwater, with Sugar23 and Macro Television Studios producing.[20]
In 2024, Ifueko announced a new book, The Maid and the Crocodile, a standalone fantasy set in the same world as Raybearer.[21] The book was published on August 13, 2024.[22]
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In July 2022, Marvel Comics announced that Ifueko would be writing a new Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur comic, drawn by Alba Glez. It was published in December of the same year.[23][24]
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