Nigerian fiction writer and video artist, best known for their novels Freshwater (2018), Pet (2019) and their New York Times bestselling 2020 novel The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir and poetry for both young adult and adults with mostly LGBT themes. Their work has earned them several awards and nominations including the Otherwise Award and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. In 2021, TIME featured them as a Next Generation Leader. Emezi identifies as non-binary transgender. They use the pronouns they/them/theirs. They experience multiplicity and consider themself an ogbanje. They have written about their experience of undergoing gender confirmation surgery. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Emezi Akwaekeix is a Nigerian-born writer, artist, and filmmaker. They are the author of the novels "Freshwater" (2018), "The Death of Vivek Oji" (2020), and "Bitter" (2022). Their work has been praised for its exploration of gender, sexuality, and identity.