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Nisi Shawl

Nisi Shawl is an African-American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might reflect real-world diversity of gender, sexual orientation, race, colonialism, physical ability, age, and other sociocultural factors. --Wikipedia

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American writer

Born 1955

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    Cover of edition fledgling00butl_004 First published in 2005 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

    First published in 2019 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2019 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dark Discoveries - Issue #36

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  • Cover of: Filter house: short fiction

    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation

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  • Cover of: The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 11: Trials by Whiteness

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  • Cover of: The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound (Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction Book 2)

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American writer

Born 1955

Subjects

Fiction, American Short stories, American Science fiction, Science fiction, American Fantasy fiction, American literature, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, horror, Short stories, Women, Action & Adventure, African American authors, African American medical students, African Americans, African Americans in literature, African american medical students, African american medical students--fiction, African americans, biography, American Speculative fiction, American Young adult fiction, American fiction, Americans, Americans--ethiopia--fiction, Archaeologists, Black people

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Africa, Belgium, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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Octavia E. Butler

Time

20th century

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Alternative names

  • Denise Angela Shawl
  • Shawl Nisi

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July 22, 2023 Edited by merge authors
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May 16, 2009 Created by ImportBot new author