@booklet {5975, title = {The Shadow Speaker}, year = {2007}, note = {

A revised and updated edition with a new introduction by the author was published New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023.

}, month = {2007}, publisher = {Jump at the Sun/Hyperion}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

A young adult novel that begins with a simple eutopia followed by an authoritarian dystopia before becoming a fantasy adventure based on African myth. Loose connection to 2005 Okorafor-Mbachu. With the publication of new edition the book became the first volume of The Desert Magician\’s Duology followed by Like Thunder. The Desert Magician\’s Duology: Book 2. New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023, which is mostly fantasy based on African myth.

}, keywords = {African American author, Female author}, author = {Nnedi[mma Nkemdili]] Okorafor-Mbachu (b. 1974)} }