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Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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Suyi Davies Okungbowa (born Osasuyi E. Okungbowa 27 August, 1989) is a Nigerian science fiction, fantasy and horror writer. His work is heavily influenced by the histories and cultures of West Africa and Nigeria, and discusses themes of identity, challenging difference and finding home. He is the author of the godpunk urban fantasy novel, David Mogo, Godhunter (Abaddon, July 2019), WIRED's Peter Rubin referred to him as "one of the most promising new voices coterie of African SFF writers."

Contents

 * 1 Early Life
 * 2 Personal Life
 * 3 Partial Bibliography
 * 3.1 Novels
 * 3.2 Short stories
 * 3.3 Nonfiction
 * 4 External links
 * 5 References

Early Life
Okungbowa was born and raised in Benin City, Edo State in the southern part of Nigeria, and later lived in Minna, Niger State and Lagos. He attended the University of Benin from 2006 to 2011, Where he gained a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering. He went on to study at the University of Arizona in Tucson for an MFA in Creative Writing.

Personal life
Okungbowa lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.

Novels

 * David Mogo, Godhunter (2019) [4]

Short stories

 * "The Haunting of 13 Oluwo Street," Fireside Magazine, October 2019
 * "Dune Song," Apex Magazine, May 2019.
 * "The Secret Life Of The Unclaimed," A World of Horror (anthology), ed. Eric J. Guignard (USA: Dark Moon Books, September 2018), reprinted in Nightmare Magazine, 2019
 * "When You Find Such A Thing," PodCastle, November 2017
 * "Our Secrets, In Keys," Fireside Magazine #46, August 2017
 * "Can Anything Good Come," The Dark Magazine Issue 21, February 2017
 * "Of Tarts and New Beginnings," Omenana Issue #8, November 2016
 * "Sleep Papa, Sleep," in Lights Out: Resurrection, ed. Wole Talabi (Lagos, Nigeria: The Naked Convos, October 2016), 39-52
 * "Places," in Mothership Zeta Issue #1, ed. Mur Lafferty, Sunil Patel and Karen Bovenmayer (Georgia, USA: Escape Artists, November 2015) 79-87. Reprinted in StarShipSofa, October 2017

Nonfiction

 * "'Post' for Whom? Examining the Socioeconomics of a Post-Apocalypse," Strange Horizons, July 2019
 * "From The Inside Out: Worldbuilding Through Extrapolation," SFWA Blog, May 2019
 * "The F-Word Is Here to Stay. Deal With It," Ozy. December 2017
 * "This Is What Happens to Us," in Lightspeed People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction, ed. Nalo Hopkinson and Kristine Ong Muslim (US: John Joseph Adams, Lightspeed, June 2016), 419-420