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Tobi Ogundiran is the award-winning author of the Guardian of the Gods duology and the critically acclaimed collection Jackal, Jackal. He has won and been a finalist for several awards, including the Shirley Jackson, Locus, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, British Science Fiction Association, and Nommo awards. He’s called many places home, including Lagos, Russia, and now Oxford, Mississippi.
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Tobi Ogundiran is the award-winning author of the Guardian of the Gods duology (In the Shadow of the Fall, At the Fount of Creation) and the critically acclaimed short fiction collection, Jackal, Jackal, which was a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Summer Read. He is the recipient of the Ignyte and British Fantasy Awards. He has been a finalist for the Locus, World Fantasy, British Science Fiction Association, Shirley Jackson, and Nommo awards. His short fiction has been featured in original anthologies such as Africa Risen, The Book of Witches, Lore & Disorder; in several educational and Year’s Best anthologies; and twice on the hit podcast LeVar Burton Reads. Born and raised in Nigeria, he now lives and works in the US.
Full list of Awards and Nominations
Jackal, Jackal, winner of the British Fantasy Award, finalist for the Locus, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.
The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library, winner of the Ignyte award for Best Short Story.
Isn’t Your Daughter Such a Doll, finalist for the British Science Fiction Association and Shirley Jackson Awards for Best Short Fiction
The Tale of Jaja and Canti, finalist for the Ignyte award for Best Short Story
The Epic of Qu Shittu, finalist for the Ignyte Award for Best novelette.
The Muse of Palm House, finalist for the Nommo Award for Best Short Story
The Goatkeeper’s Harvest, finalist for the Nommo Award for Best Short Story