Nnedimma Nkemdili Nnedi Okorafor (An haifeta ranar 8 ga watan Afrilun, 1974). Ta kasan ce marubuciya ce kuma 'yar asalin Nijeriya-Amurka An fi saninta da litattafanta na Binti, wadanda ke Tsoron Mutuwa, da Zahrah the Windseeker, da Akata Maych, da kuma Lagoon. Ban da almara, ta kuma yi rubuce-rubuce don wasan kwaikwayo da fim. Rubutun ta, wanda ta bayyana a matsayin bautar Afirka da kuma Afirka, ya kasance yana da tasirin gaske game da al'adun ta na Najeriya da Amurka. Nnedi ta karɓi kyaututtuka da yawa, kamar su Hugo Award, Nebula Award, da Eisner Award.
[[Locus Award for Best First Novel(en) ]] (2006) : [[Zahrah the Windseeker(en) ]] [[Otherwise Award(en) ]] (2007) : [[The Shadow Speaker(en) ]] [[WSFA Small Press Award(en) ]] (2009) [[Nebula Award for Best Novel(en) ]] (2011) : [[Who Fears Death(en) ]] [[Hugo Award for Best Novella(en) ]] (2018) : [[Binti: Home(en) ]] [[Hugo Award for Best Novella(en) ]] (2019) : [[Binti: The Night Masquerade(en) ]]
Iyayen Okorafor sun yi tafiya zuwa Amurka a shekarar 1969 don zuwa makaranta, amma ba za su iya dawowa Najeriya ba saboda Yakin Basasar Najeriya. 'Yar asalin Ba'amurke' yar asalin Najeriya iyayenta, Okorafor tana zuwa Najeriya tun tana karama. A tsawon shekarunta da ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Homewood-Flossmoor da ke Flossmoor, IL, Okorafor ta kasance shahararriyar 'yar wasan kwallon Tennis da waƙa a duniya, kuma ta yi fice a fannin [[lissafi] da kuma iliminkimiyya. Saboda sha'awar ta ga kwari, ta so zama masaniyar ilimin mahaifa.