Join us to enjoy a live interview of fantasy author and 2020 MacArthur Fellow, N. K. Jemisin! Since beginning her professional career in the early 2000s, Jemisin’s short fiction and novels have been recognized with multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Most of her works have been optioned for television or film, and collectively her novels, including the Broken Earth trilogy have sold over two million copies.

After twenty years working in higher education as an applied counseling psychologist, she “retired” in 2016 to become a full-time writer, writing instructor, and public speaker. Her speculative works range widely in theme, though with repeated motifs: resistance and oppression, loneliness and belonging, and Wouldn’t It Be Cool If This One Ridiculous Thing Happened.

In her spare time she’s into tabletop and video games, biking, fan fiction, and urban gardening. She lives and writes in Brooklyn, with her son and two cats.

N. K. Jemisin will be joining us virtually from New York, and she will be interviewed by a local science-fiction/fantasy writer to be named in the new year.

Purchase a ticket today for this special event and help the Library Foundation of Hillsboro make a positive impact on community members and readers of all ages and backgrounds for years to come!

• General admission – $40.
• Student admission – $15. (with student ID)
• Remote streaming option – $15.

WHERE: Embassy Suites, 9355 NE Tanasbourne Drive, Hillsboro, Oregon
WHEN: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 4:30 PM