Jordan Ifueko
1) Raybearer
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Jordan Ifueko is the Nebula Finalist & New York Times bestselling author of the Raybearer series and other stories, including short fiction in the Hugo-nominated magazine Strange Horizons. She's been featured on NPR Best Books, NPR Pop Culture Hour, ALA Top Ten, Buzzfeed, and other publications. She writes about magic Black girls who aren't magic all the time, because honestly, they deserve a vacation. Ifueko lives in Los Angeles with her husband...
2) Redemptor
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must anoint a council of her own before she descends into the Underworld as a sacrifice to end all future atrocities, but as child spirits haunt her, demanding that she pay for past sins of the empire, Tarisai must decide whether to die for justice or to live for it.
Author
Publisher
Professional Book Nerds
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Adam interviews Jordan Ifueko, debut author of Raybearer. Her book is being compared to Tomi Adeyemi and Sabaa Tahir and rightfully so. They discuss how her small class growing up affected her story, how her loneliness led to creating world-building and character development, figuring out how to set timelines when there are large passages of time, and so much more.