Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
@penprince.bsky.social
Hugo, NAACP Image Award finalist. Nebula, WFA, Locus, BFA, Otherwise award winner.
#ICFA44 GoH
Represented by Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media & Vince Gerardis of Startling Inc.
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Book deal announcement 🙂🥳.
My debut novel has been acquired by Caezik Books of Arc Manor.
It's titled Birth of Orisha, the first book in the trilogy, The Orisha Cycle. It's set in the far future where nuclear war has wiped out nearly all life in Africa
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackFuturesMonth
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Acceptance email. Submittable green. 🙂✅
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Remember, remember the 5th of November
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Make art while the world burns. Before you burn. Because tf else can you do? If you're lucky, it'll put out some fires. Art is resistance, pen mightier than sword and all that.
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Added one more notch to my career bingo with the novel sale. 🙂
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Well lookee here. Haters be damned ;)
Book deal announcement 🙂🥳.
My debut novel has been acquired by Caezik Books of Arc Manor.
It's titled Birth of Orisha, the first book in the trilogy, The Orisha Cycle. It's set in the far future where nuclear war has wiped out nearly all life in Africa
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackFuturesMonth
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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What a stellar lineup of authors! 🌌 "Science fiction is a way of thinking about the future." - Robert Heinlein. Which of these authors has inspired you the most? 🪐📚 #SciFi #Authors
and was nominated for the Nebula, Sturgeon, British Science Fiction awards, etc.
They have also published the works of Joe Haldeman, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Mike Resnick, Kevin J Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Jules Vernes, HG Wells, Robert Heinlein, GRR Martin and others
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Yeah I’m ready for thisssss
Book deal announcement 🙂🥳.
My debut novel has been acquired by Caezik Books of Arc Manor.
It's titled Birth of Orisha, the first book in the trilogy, The Orisha Cycle. It's set in the far future where nuclear war has wiped out nearly all life in Africa
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackFuturesMonth
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Book deal announcement 🙂🥳.
My debut novel has been acquired by Caezik Books of Arc Manor.
It's titled Birth of Orisha, the first book in the trilogy, The Orisha Cycle. It's set in the far future where nuclear war has wiped out nearly all life in Africa
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackFuturesMonth
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The existence of HG Wells implies the existence of Martha Wells. Wait!
a man is holding his hand to his chin and making a funny face .
ALT: a man is holding his hand to his chin and making a funny face .
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October 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
You can stream our panel at Poetry Africa now

Between Myth & Future : a Speculative Roundtable
youtu.be/lHd1mDrpEhI?...
Between Myth & Future: A Speculative Roundtable
YouTube video by Centre for Creative Arts
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October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just signed a contract for a thing. 🙂
More info soon...
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
AI killing tech jobs is like that thing in fantasy where the empire uses magic users to conquer the citadel of magic and then wipe out all magic users. Palpatine & Vadar, The Seanchan in Wheel of Time, Jagang in Sword or Truth, in Midkemia, etc.
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So I have agents. 🙂
I'm now represented for film/TV/media by Vince Gerardis of Starling Inc, the producer of Game of Thrones, House of Dragons, & the forthcoming Elden Ring movie. Also reps GRR Martin, Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, the Heinlein, Silverberg, Asimov, Pratchet estates
September 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM