Okorafor is inspired to write science fiction in part because of the lack of diversity she sees in the genre. She began winning awards for her short stories in 2001, and since then, her stories and novels have won various science-fiction awards including Nebulas, Hugos, and the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Throughout her time as a student, during which she earned a master’s in journalism and English and a PhD in English, Okorafor’s professors discouraged her from writing science fiction-but eventually, she began writing anyway. She underwent surgery for her scoliosis at age 19, became briefly paralyzed from the waist down, and began writing short stories during her time in the hospital. She spent her teenage years as a track and tennis star and also loved math and science, but a scoliosis diagnosis put her involvement in sports to an end. They took Okorafor to visit Nigeria often throughout her childhood and teenage years, though Okorafor was considered “too American” in Nigeria and “too black” at home in the US. both for their education and to escape the Nigerian Civil War. Nnedi Okorafor’s parents immigrated to the U.S.
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