Long Story Short Ep-25: Uncategorizable, with Nnedi Okorafor

Robin is joined by multi-award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor for a full and frank discussion centred on Nnedi’s most recent novel, DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, released in 2025. We cover writing family and disability, the culture of food, plus writing two books at the same time that you later discover are in fact two parts of one book. https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/ Are you a member of the British Fantasy Society yet? Join us here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/become-a-member/ Find out more about Nnedi here: https://nnedi.com/books/ Visit David’s: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/ And Robin’s website: https://robincmduncan.com/   Time stamps (01:18) Introducing Death of the Author (03:13) the writing process / academia (19:22) sharing Zelu’s writer journey (20:57) the power of family, food as a pillar of culture (28:16) Katie reviews 3 cosy fantasies: Travis Baldree, David Green, and Julie Leong (30:15) writing Zelu’s disability (39:55) U is for uncategorizable; reader reactions (44:00) “When is Book 2 coming, Zelu?” (45:38) Deciding on the next project (47:45) Wrangling the silver screen / meta x meta (51:27) What’s next?